swore

[ swawr, swohr ]

verb

1. a simple past tense of swear.

swore

/ swɔː /

verb

1. the past tense of swear

Example Sentences

At one point, he swore against making one.

From BBC

When the guard repeated that the pass had to be examined, Anderson swore again before leaving claiming he had "a train to catch".

From BBC

The witness told police that Mr Fleming asked her for a cigarette and swore in her face before the pensioner who was out walking intervened.

From BBC

She also swore there were two shooters and that the second wasn’t Duran but rather a dangerous gang member she could have identified if deputies hadn’t “insisted” she name Duran, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Would its leadership drop the oath to the Constitution and swear an oath to Trump personally, as the German Army did when it swore personal allegiance to the Führer rather than the Weimar constitution?

From Salon

Related Words

• affirm
• assert
• depose
• testify
• vow