Sentence examples for terms promising from inspiring English sources

Hitler increasingly presented himself in messianic terms, promising "to lead Germany to a new era of national greatness," though he was typically vague about his actual plans.

South Sudan's Justice Minister Paulino Wanawilla Unango told the BBC that inciting and perpetrating rape in South Sudan would be punished "in the harshest of terms", promising that the "death penalty" could be an option if those responsible were found.

Nonetheless, election losses would seriously erode his authority and prestige only four months after he began his second term, promising to reinvigorate the economy by a series of creative reforms.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Tainted by a flawed election and allegations of festering corruption in his government, President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, promising to remedy the country's problems and to have the Afghan Army assume full control of security within five years.

WASHINGTON — President Obama declared on Wednesday that he would make gun control a "central issue" as he opens his second term, promising to submit broad new firearm proposals to Congress no later than January and to employ the full power of his office to overcome deep-seated political resistance.

Hillary Clinton is running for Obama's third term, promising both to preserve his accomplishments and, where possible, advance a similar agenda.

Garcetti started out his term promising to be a "back to basics" mayor, focusing on city services and quality-of-life issues; later, he killed a sales tax proposal to pay for street and sidewalk repairs.

The Republican leaders of the Legislature, eager to humble a court they describe in scathing terms, are promising to find some way to undo that decision.

Donald Trump spoke of Islamic State in brutal terms Monday, promising "extreme screening" to fight terrorism, and excoriated Hillary Clinton as too weak to fight the fight or even voice the problem.

Tsipras claimed the result gave him a mandate to govern and that he intended to serve a full term, promising relief for voters weary from five elections in six years.

Hybrid electric vehicles and in particular micro-hybrids are a short term promising field of research which allows reducing CO2 emissions without any fundamental change in the architecture of the vehicles.