Sentence examples for given its word from inspiring English sources

The Hezbollah has given its word".

"The government has given its word," President Kaspar Villiger said after the vote.

Old Europe might have given its word and entered negotiations in good faith; but even older Europe knew how to slide away.

For the second time this year, a dictionary publisher has given its "Word of the Year" honor to something that is not a word.

The White House gave its word to Specter that it would clear the Democratic Primary field.

When Hamas gives its word to an international agreement, it does so in the name of God and will therefore keep its word.

Speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Mattis reiterated the position he'd laid out during his confirmation hearing in January: that the Iran nuclear agreement wasn't a deal he would've signed, but that the U.S. gave its word, and barring any evidence of violations, it should remain.

"Canada gave its word to the world and Canada broke its word," said the columnist John Ibbitson in Canada's Globe and Mail.

Our nation is standing with the people of Afghanistan and Iraq because when America gives its word, America must keep its word.

"It comes at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Caribbean workers as well as their governments who trusted that when the United States gives its word in trade matters, that word means something".

Mr. Corzine's venture into fiscal prudence has forced Rutgers to put the stadium upgrade on hold, to the chagrin of some who argue that the state gave its word and so should be honor-bound to deliver.