Sentence examples for he pledged himself from inspiring English sources

He pledged himself to make a fuss about the case until something was done.

In 1635 he pledged himself to the French crown in return for the landgraviate of Alsace and the bailiwick of Hagenau.

For the rest of his long life he pledged himself indefatigably to the service of dynasty and country.

He pledged himself to reduce the cost of government, to a strict supervision of banking, and endeavours to assist world trade by economic adjustments.

In order to regain his freedom, he signed the Pact of Córdoba, in which he pledged himself to deliver the portion of the kingdom that was in the hands of the Zagal in exchange for help from the Castilians in recovering Granada, part of which (the Alhambra) was still in the hands of Muley Hacén.

And so he pledged himself "to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, [and] to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace".

He had pledged himself, and not only in the words of the ceremony.

Although his appointment as chancellor of the republic (June 1920) ushered in the first non-Socialist Cabinet of the Weimar period, he nonetheless pledged himself to the continuation of a general program of socialization.

It required him to suppress the full-throated passion to which he had pledged himself in "Earth in the Balance" and put him in close proximity to a man who, as a natural at the personal side of politics, might have been customdesigned to heighten his insecurities.

Savage is, or has been, a compulsive philanderer -- and now, just when the chaos caused by his most recent affair has ebbed and he has pledged himself to fidelity, a small voice on the phone announces the reappearance of one of his most shameful episodes.

The offer is tempting, but Jamie politely refuses her, declaring that he has pledged himself to another woman and won't break that vow.