Swore

Examples

• Legree, in a fury, swore she should be put to field service, if she would not be peaceable. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I had said to Compeyson that I'd smash that face of his, and I swore Lord smash mine! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Blandois accepted the commission with his own free elegance of manner, and swore he would discharge it before he was an hour older. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Sit where I can see you when I am swore to, for the last o' many times, and I don't ask no more. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He swore ominous oaths over the drugged beer of alehouses, and drank strange toasts in fiery British gin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not to risk being done out of the sweat of my brow, by any chances, I should wish afore going further to be swore in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He examined the catches and fastenings of the windows, and then swore he didn't care for the devil and all his angels, and went to sleep. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He swore that Amelia was an angel, to which Osborne said aye with all his heart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I thought that it was the stable-boy who had drawn them, but the lad swore he knew nothing about it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Stanley Hopkins swore between his teeth, and struck his thigh with his clenched hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Legree kicked the boy, and swore at him; but George, without saying another word, turned and strode to the spot. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Carruthers nodded and Williamson swore. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You take it smoothly now, said I, but you were very serious last night, when you swore it was Death. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• That adverse decision at St. Louis would never have been made if the court could have seen the men who swore for Goebel. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Both he and the Lascar stoutly swore that no one else had been in the front room during the afternoon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Legree stamped his foot, and swore violently. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Tufto was charmed, and Rawdon roared with delighted laughter, and swore that she was better than any play he ever saw, by Jove. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Kala punished, Tublat swore dire vengeance, and old Kerchak took notice and warned and threatened; but all to no avail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I swore that time, sure as ever I earned a guinea, that guinea should go to you. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I had left England smarting under a sense of injury, from—from—well, it was about a woman; and I swore never to return to it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• So I swore tonight, that if she didn't go, I'd go to bed at six. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Upon the hilt of his sword each of them swore to do as I had asked. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Osborne swore with a great oath that he little cared when or how soon he spent it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• My uncle swore a great oath that he never would marry anybody else, and the young lady drew in her head, and pulled up the window. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Till you tell me how I may rescue you,' swore the knight, still kneeling. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Robert Jordan swore and Pablo looked at him through his bleary eyes and laughed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He drank and swore,--was wilder and more brutal than ever. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• One horse, a purplish black, Crowell swore was dyed that color. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Cos it must be proved, and probated, and swore to, and all manner o' formalities. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She has kep money concealed from me these ten years, he said She swore, last night only, she had none from Steyne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Checker: Wendy