How to Use allegiance in a Sentence

allegiance

noun
  • He owes allegiance to them for all the help they have given him.
  • Both candidates are working hard to convince voters to switch allegiances.
  • But how did the plain, dark, woolen suit come to command such allegiance?
    — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • To bear true faith and allegiance to this country.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • That's just as well for some proud Hoosiers who have their own allegiances.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Fans have allegiance to those players—more than to teams, more than to the league.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But Perreault has left no doubt over where his allegiance lies.
    — Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The bride and groom expressed their allegiance to each other in their vows.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • Doesn’t Lee know our guy only pledges allegiance to his wife?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Declare your allegiance to cake while rocking out to this catchy hit.
    — Seventeen, 8 Aug. 2022
  • New allegiances must be made, each one a threat to his principles.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Your allegiance to the devil wasn’t supposed to be a brand.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • But Woody hasn’t pledged his allegiance to the failing head coach.
    — Manish Mehta, courant.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • If anything, the blue-and-red Cubs hat made his allegiance clear.
    — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • Even allegiance to the nation might be a problem.
    — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • The team your dad liked can determine your allegiance; so can the first ball field your mom took you to.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • My allegiance is with the working and middle class.
    — Mishal Husain, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In the finale, allegiances have flipped.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Hold up two hands and fold back one thumb to demonstrate your allegiance to number 9.
    — David Allan, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Who to blame for the end of the series mostly depends on allegiance.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Winston’s sports allegiances have changed, too.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Our allegiance to the song and to the fans is bigger than our fear of anything outside of that.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But there's no doubt where the family's allegiance lies.
    — ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But there's no doubt where the family's allegiance lies.
    — CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Prince William is grilling King Charles about where his allegiances lie.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This case should serve as a stern warning to those who choose to place their own goals over their allegiance to our nation.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Over the past few months, the expectant mother has turned her allegiance to blue.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
  • And possibly sharks and God and the pledge of allegiance too.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Once standing, the group raised their right hands and voices in unity to take the oath of allegiance.
    — Madison Geering, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
  • The task now is to let the experience earn our allegiance.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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