Sentence examples for oath made from inspiring English sources

Ko Un told us about what first moved him to become a poet – and in particular to write the personal poetry which has broken new ground in Korea, and which includes the astonishing, 30-volume Maninbo (Ten Thousand Lives), part of an oath made in prison that every person he had ever met would be remembered with a short poem.

But the Chief Justice, instead of simply stating -- that is, administering -- that phrase for the new president to restate himself, just like the rest of the oath, made it into a question.

We learn that in 1941, the French Colonel Leclerc won a battle in Libya, which meant a "second baptism" for De Gaulle's "Free France". The title of the film underscores the French-Libya blood alliance: The Oath of Tobrukrefers to the oath made when the French scored this victory in Libya and swore not to lay down their arms until France was liberated from the Nazis.

The essence of the procedure lay in oath making.

"Say the oath, make a short speech and get to work".

'I promise not to derail the economy': would an oath make you trust bankers?

Taking the oath makes me the kind of person who's willing to condone hereditary power for personal reward.

Perjury charges are extremely difficult to prove, and Mr. Rattner's first interview with investigators was not under oath, making it legally tricky.

At the same time, the book emphasizes the public and the performed aspects of the oath, making visual and physical what would otherwise be only verbal.

Allusions to the constitutional amending process cannot obscure the fact that this oath makes no reference to 'alteration' of our form of government or to 'believing in' or 'being a member of' anything whatsoever.

Which was apt, considering it was Limbaugh who remarked during Clinton's last presidential run: "Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?" It's true that, were Clinton to win, she would be 69 as she took the inaugural oath, making her the oldest president in history bar Ronald Reagan, who was 16 days off his 70th birthday when he was sworn in.