Sentence examples for loose promises from inspiring English sources

"loose promises" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase to describe a promise that is not likely to be kept or is made with no intention of being followed through. For example: "The politician made a lot of loose promises during their campaign but never took any real steps to make them happen."

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There are loose promises of supplements to make up the difference, but after all the political manoeuvring and misinformation doctors now apparently have a "high index of suspicion" that whatever we are promised is far from what it seems.

He says yes to enlargement, but "get the first new countries integrated"— he means, nearer EU levels of wealth and wages—"and don't make loose promises to further ones.

Before entering Spanish territory, Ferdinand made loose promises to the Cortes that he would uphold the Spanish Constitution.

Thus, the Camp David summit is kicking off with aborted consensus accompanied by leaks suggesting there is American resentment over the absence of the top Saudi leadership and the Gulf insistence for the United States to meet its regional priorities including in Yemen and Syria though serious measures and not loose promises.

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"Anybody that wants to lie can just come up on the hill and cut loose," promised Charlie Brewer, 62, who owns a junkyard just outside the city limits and is known at A.J.'s as the biggest fibber for miles.

Thanks! a) We've made a loose promise that if AOL ever asked us if we could change our coverage in any way, that we'd immediately publish it.

But finding space in a budget is just a loose promise to find an offset to pay for the wall.

Both fracking and nuclear weapons are likely to be key features of negotiations with Labour if it seeks the support of the SNP's Westminster MPs in some way on May 8th.Such inter-party arrangements, either full coalitions or looser promises of support, look likely outcomes in Mr Curtice's lottery (see chart 2).

Music critic David Browne of Entertainment Weekly, in review of the album, wrote: "In the latter category, he's more engaging the stud on the loose, making promises of romance and more in slurpy cuts like 'Senorita' and 'Rock Your Body'".

However, I can tell you that the prints are decent, that Joy contains a chat with star Claudia Udy (who inexplicably turned down the sequel (which stars hardcore turned legit actress Brigitte Lahaie (of Henry & June, no relation) and that like Porky's, Loose Screws promises more than it ever delivers.

His opponent called him a "loose cannon" and promised to "wear a bulletproof vest" at their next joint appearance.

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