Sentence examples for pledging himself from inspiring English sources

True, Cameron earned the Tories' route back by pledging himself to Labour's child-poverty cause, only to ditch it in office.

Reelected for Middlesex in 1774, after pledging himself to the radical program, he spoke on a number of occasions against the American Revolutionary War and once (1776) in support of parliamentary reform.

What's interesting, though, is that even their just-so stories run in different directions: Ross strapping his typewriter to his back and making for the metropolis, Luce pledging himself to bringing news of the world to every last Joe.

By the time he abdicates in 1936, publicly pledging himself to Mrs. Simpson ("the woman I love"), turning the throne over to King George VI, Edward has a hold on your affections.

On side two he's redeemed – pledging himself on I'm Not Scared, admitting his faults on Always on My Mind, and finally opening out to the world on It's Alright.

You'll recall that just over a year ago, King was pledging himself to Sainsbury's for the "long term" – until U-turning more sharply than a dodgy supermarket trolley by admitting in January he was past his sell-by date.

Rooney pledged himself to such an ambition.

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

Having won a new term by a 26-point margin, Chávez pledged himself to "21st-century socialism".

By lending his support to the anti-bourgeois forces, Tzara has pledged himself to the destruction of art.

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