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swore

American  
[swawr, swohr] / swɔr, swoʊr /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of swear.

swore British  
/ swɔː /

verb

  1. the past tense of swear

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“She hasn’t so far. And she swore she would never. But now that she’s mad at me...I don’t know.”

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Others swore they heard rappings even when the girls were away.

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Sometimes I swore that she held that bell in her mouth just to keep me from hearing it.

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Just as I was drifting to sleep, I swore to myself that I would never spin again.

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He swore if he ever got to land safely, he’d never set foot on a ship again.

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