Sentence examples for he pledged like from inspiring English sources

Recalling the dark days of the war of independence, he pledged, like George Washington, that in the face of common danger Americans under his leadership would come forth to meet it.

Last year he pledged to rise above it "like Jesus Christ himself.

But the criticism of Mr. Bennett reads like this: He pledged to serve only two terms, but he is now seeking his fourth.

But he pledged to watch eurozone leaders "like a hawk" and to take legal action if they seek to use the court, or any other EU institution, to rewrite the rules of the single market.

As NBC News reported Friday, Romney "said in the interview he would like a pledge (of sorts) with Obama that there be no 'personal' attack ads": Our campaign would be helped immensely if we had an agreement between both campaigns that we were only going to talk about issues and that attacks based upon — business or family or taxes or things of that nature.

Armand Vaillancourt immediately pledged that he would "fight like a devil to preserve that work".

Buttigieg, like Ellison, pledged that he would leave his current job if elected DNC chair.

Before this year's Tour de France, he, like all starters, pledged to pay a penalty equal to his annual salary on top of any regular penalties if he became involved in doping.

He cultivated friendships on both sides of the aisle; he made bright-eyed promises like pledging to close Guantanamo; he used high-flying words like "hope" and "change".

He says he notified police in April after one MyYearbook member pledged to commit a Columbine-like massacre.

Some of Modi's allies in the business community are quietly suggesting that he will simply ignore pledges like these and push ahead with liberalization, privatization, and the rest of the Thatcherite agenda.