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Example sentences for "vows"

Lexicographically close words:
vowed; vowel; vowels; vowes; vowing; vox; voy; voyage; voyaged; voyager
  1. Bertram readily accepted the horse as a loan, and poured forth his thanks to the assembled crowd for their good wishes, which they repaid with shouts and vows of attachment.

  2. Nor board nor garner own we now, Nor roof nor latched door, Nor kind mate, bound by holy vows To bless a good man's store.

  3. Bucer, a Dominican, who obtained dispensation from his vows in 1521 and adhered to the Reformation.

  4. In later years Erasmus occasionally regretted that he had not yielded; for the brethren took no such irrevocable vows as were now in store for him.

  5. Portius Cato say this: The help of the gods is not obtained by idle vows and womanish complaints; 'tis by vigilance, labour, and repeated endeavours that all things succeed according to our wishes and designs.

  6. By these vows do they continue unto this time both dirty and snotty; for the court hath not garbled, sifted, and fully looked into all the pieces as yet.

  7. We went, said Sweer-to-go, to offer up unto that sanct our vows against the plague.

  8. The professed of four vows alone enjoyed all the privileges of the order.

  9. The professed of three vows were formed of men who, for exceptional reasons, were admitted into the order without having passed through the inferior grades, and held a position similar to that of the spiritual coadjutors.

  10. The supreme official of the order was the General, elected from the professed of four vows by the provincial and two members from each province.

  11. Caesar, unfortunately, was both deacon and cardinal; but in August 1498, his father released him from his ecclesiastical vows 'for the good of his soul.

  12. XLIV "What vows she vowed, how oft that night she prayed, To all her gods and Mahound, in despair!

  13. And never while these veins with life-blood swell Canst thou with her legitimately wive: For vows erewhile have been between us said; Nor she at once can with two husbands wed.

  14. That sacrifice performed -- to bind their vows The nuptial ring the bridegroom gives the spouse.

  15. Uniting in the pact, the rival pair Their solemn vows upon the Bible seal: And when they had the mutual promise plighted, Ariodantes first his tale recited.

  16. VI The promises and empty vows dispersed In air, by winds all dissipated go, After these lovers have the greedy thirst Appeased, with which their fevered palates glow.

  17. But all the lady's vows were ill appaid, And haply Heaven as well might mock the prayer; Night fades, and Phoebus raises from the main His yellow head, and lights the world again.

  18. Yet, ah, how faithless are the vows Made 'neath the summer moon; As changing as the falling rays That fade away as soon.

  19. That afternoon Mary pronounced her vows in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, and surrounded by the sisterhood, weeping and rejoicing.

  20. It was to ask that she might be allowed to pronounce her vows at once.

  21. As Don Anselmo has told the family of Doña Adelaida that his principal loss is in a cargo of chocolate, that spirited young lady vows she will not drink chocolate again; and the play ends in amusing recriminations.

  22. Orders were given to dismiss such nuns and friars as were below four and twenty, whose vows were, on that account, supposed not to be binding.

  23. In this law the doctrine of the real presence was established, the communion in one kind, the perpetual obligation of vows of chastity, the utility of private masses, the celibacy of the clergy, and the necessity of auricular confession.

  24. Our vows were fervent, and we experienced from our prayers the cheering influence of hope.

  25. Every one made vows to him, in spite of the certainty of never being able to accomplish them.

  26. A traveller should never pass before these tombs, without depositing there his staff; and, after a short prayer, he raises around the tomb heaps of stones, which are evidences of the vows he has made for the repose of his soul.

  27. Separated from the rest of the world by a boundless sea, and having no place of refuge but the wrecks of a grounded vessel, the multitude addressed at first their vows to heaven, and forgot, for a moment, all earthly concerns.

  28. If Heaven hear my vows in the moment I yield my breath, it will restore you to your wife and unhappy family.

  29. For the ascetic tendency of the Waldenses, recognizing vows of chastity, and the seduction of nuns as incest, see Montet, pp.

  30. The character of the priest was indelible; the vows taken at ordination could not be thrown aside; the monk, when once admitted to the cloister, could not abandon his order unless it were to enter another of more rigorous observance.

  31. For the sums raised in England in 1234 by selling releases of Crusaders' vows see Matt.

  32. She wore the black pall for Farmer Wall, From her fond embraces riven: But she won the vows of a younger spouse With the gold which the fiend had given.

  33. The doctor swore all his vows of secrecy over again.

  34. He repeated his vows of eternal constancy to Maria, and begged me to return at eight o'clock in the evening, when he would go with me to an eminent advocate, who would easily put him on the way of getting rid of this trifling obstacle.

  35. Under an arch supported by pillars of green marble, a lamp was feebly glimmering, fed perhaps by the offerings of loving mothers and fond wives who here offered their vows for the safe return of those dear to them.

  36. Our boatman pointed out to us the channel through which Lord Nelson led his fleet when at length, after more than two years' watching, the object of all his hopes and vows was accomplished by the French fleet putting to sea.

  37. Then together, as on a joyful occasion, Masajiro[u] and the Oiran will consummate the vows of husband and wife in a joint death.

  38. Solemn had been the vows passed between them, tender the acknowledgments.

  39. Looking steadily in his face--"Constant the vows of this Kogiku, met by the love of Masa San.

  40. Accompanying him to Asakusa, there she exchanged vows and pillows with him at a convenient assignation house.

  41. If he recover, hate to thee, unceasing, And to Hermione, he vows for ever!

  42. J] Forgotten so soon Are thy vows when we parted, Have other links bound thee, Thou fickle false-hearted?

  43. The monks of La Trappe received a brother whose vows were never broken!

  44. Tears and vows deceive no more, When broken every spell.

  45. Great crimes and extravagant penances, rapine and an entire resignation of worldly goods, rapes and vows of perpetual chastity, succeeded each other in the same persons.

  46. Who could suspect Beneath the vows of faithfullest devotion A deadly snare?

  47. The cardinal vows vengeance, and his bravos are in pursuit of the prince.

  48. Heaven Indignant viewed our bliss;--no vows enchained Her spotless soul; naught but the link which bound it Eternally to mine!

  49. Bound by no vows The maiden roved at will; oft would she seek Alone the garden's shade.

  50. And then to renew to her my vows of love, and chant unceasingly her broken oaths!

  51. My child, there is much--ay, much for man to learn ere his poor intellect can fathom the decrees of Him who smiles at human vows and weeps at human projects.

  52. My vows once pronounced, I was to be in your hands a docile and obedient instrument; but I was to be employed, you told me, in a holy, great and beauteous work.

  53. The constitution expressly bids the novice wait for this decisive climax of the ordeal before taking the vows of God.

  54. And how true it will make many vows of constancy!

  55. He had sanctioned Henry's addresses to her; had witnessed and approved their reciprocal vows of affection and fidelity; vows which, however he might then disapprove, it was not in his power to break!

  56. We shall all die if you are cruel to our lady, for she vows that she and all of us shall fall from this tower if you disdain her proffered love.

  57. Yet if I help not the maiden, I am recreant to my vows of knighthood, and to my duty to the high order of chivalry.

  58. As soon as he had signified his intention to take the vows of their order, he had been intrusted to the special care of an old monk who spoke to him from time to time of the discomforts and humiliations which a monk must be prepared to bear.


  59. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vows" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.