My secret I will keep from him while I can; I swore a solemn oath by my father's death-bed to do so.
On that night he revealed to her the truth, under a solemn oath of secrecy.
Her father turnd him round about, A solemn oath sware he, Saying, She shall be the bride this night, And you bridegroom shall be.
The Eastmure king swore a solemn oath, He would keep it till May, That he would murder the king of Onore, Upon his wedding day.
I and my forbears here did haunt Three hundred years and more; I'm safe to swear a solemn oath We were never beat before.
Then he did swear a solemn oath, By a' his gowd and land, Nae injury to them's be dune, Whether it be maid or man.
As soon as he had taken possession of the palace of Constantinople, his first care was to remove the apprehensions of his kinsmen, by a solemn oath which he pledged for their security.
Chayon bound himself by a solemn oath, given to be broken at the first opportunity.
He convened a meeting in the synagogue, and took a solemn oath that he did not adhere to a single article of the Sabbatian creed; if he did, might fire and brimstone descend on him from heaven!
As soon as he had finished his tale, Apollo exclaimed that he would grant him any proof he wished, and confirmed these words by a solemn oath.
With artful words she so worked upon the guileless nature of her rival, that, when Jupiter next came, the maiden used all her blandishments to extort from him a solemn oath to grant any request she chose to make.
The elector and electress are reported to have taken a solemn oath in the presence of their whole court never to bow or submit to France, and never to prove recreant to the interests of Germany.
Palm placed his hand on his wife's head as if going to take a solemn oath.
Much capital is made by the organization of the fact that each person who becomes a "citizen" of the "Invisible Empire" is required to take a solemn oath to support the Constitution of the United States.
The most disagreeable feature of the whole procedure is the absolute necessity of going on record publicly as violating a solemn oath, a pledge of honor, and an obligation that would ordinarily be considered sacred.
It was thus that the Spartans found themselves bound by solemn oath to obey Lycurgus' laws forever; and as long as they remembered this promise, they were a thriving and happy people.
This was formed of three hundred brave young Thebans, who took a solemn oath never to turn their backs upon the enemy or to surrender, and to die for their native country if necessary.
He then forced Artaxerxes, the Persian king, to swear a solemn oath that he would never again wage war against the Athenians, and forbade the Persian vessels ever to enter the Ægean Sea.
She said, and Jove, the snare unseeing, swore A solemn oath; but found his error soon.
The Fisherman accepted his promises on both conditions, not to trouble him as before, but on the contrary to do him service; and, after making firm the plight and swearing him a solemn oathby Allah Most Highest he opened the cucurbit.
For ye shall know that the King's Minister, a calligrapher of renown, is dead, and the King hath sworn a solemn oath that he will make none Wazir in his stead who cannot write as well as he couId.
He promises, under a solemn oath, that he will never say it any more, when he is determined to proclaim it again the very first opportunity!
Every load of that ground sold then, was not only an act of simony, but the breaking of a solemn oath!
What added to the gravity of that public iniquity, is that the Bishop of Chicago had received that piece of land from the city, for a burial ground, only after they had taken a solemn oath to use it only for burying the dead.
Oh (and she repeated a solemn oath) had I not believed that you could practise magic, I should never have consented to be locked up with you; do you know that?
He swore with a solemn oath that he would be true to you, if you would write a word to the Doctor.
She swore with a solemn oath, asking how it was to be got here?
Bigotry was his last sentiment in the hour of death; and he exacted from his successor a solemn oath, that he would never tolerate the sectaries of Athanasius.
The Czar also said that Alexis must renounce the succession to the crown, and must confirm the renunciation by a solemn oath, and acknowledge it by signing a declaration, in writing, to that effect with his own hand.
Nor will I ever hereafter lay claim to the succession, as I call God to witness by a solemn oath, in confirmation whereof I write and sign this letter with my own hand.
In parting from you, I took a solemn oath never to see you again, and to die without the supreme consolation of feeling your lips upon my forehead.
But I took a solemn oath that he should never have a farthing of the wealth he coveted, and neither threats nor BLOWS could compel me to assert my claim.
Even that might be, Would ye, ye seamen, by a solemn oath Assure me of a safe conveyance home.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "solemn oath" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
