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UK
/swˈɔːn/
]
[ US /ˈswɔɹn/ ]
[ US /ˈswɔɹn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
bound by or as if by an oath
according to an early tradition became his sworn brother
sworn enemies -
bound by or stated on oath
now my sworn friend and then mine enemy
How To Use sworn In A Sentence
- Frankly, my only concern was that the resident copperhead (don't ask; I've been sworn to secrecy) got out alive.
- She was still my sworn enemy who was trying to tear me down in whatever way possible.
- There's something compelling, even mythic, about a boy reaching out from beyond the grave to save the children of his family's sworn enemy.
- Students began their day by being sworn in or "deputized" as special agents. News
- Nick is also a professional safecracker who lives by a sworn motto: never steal from where you live.
- Any normal, mediocre woman would have (a) sworn, (b) looked under the bed again, or ( c ) shouted at me. THE DICE MAN
- One minute they were sworn enemies, the next they were clinging together in fierce mutual desire.
- Though he is sworn to secrecy, Larry, stricken with guilt over offending a friend, spills the beans.
- The chief witness was allowed to leave the town only after lodging a sworn statement with the police.
- So police officers are being compromised by being pressurised to lie and then being pressurised to drive in a way that could result in death or bodily injury to themselves or to innocent members of public who you have sworn to protect all so that someone snotty superintendent can get a bung from the Home Office Policing Pledge Response Times – The Ugly Truth! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG