How to Use swear in a Sentence

swear

1 of 2 verb
  • Don't swear in front of the children.
  • He swore revenge on the killers.
  • I do solemnly swear to tell the whole truth.
  • I swear to God, I'll kill him if he comes back.
  • These are the lemon bars readers swear by.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Our experts love these too and swear by them.
    — PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Williams swears by this method to get a clogged drain moving.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Some swear the poutine crew had just planned to take a year off.
    — Dennis Hinkamp, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Trump went so far as to say his rivals don’t know how to swear.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Some Democrats are swearing it off.
    — Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Why some hoops coaches swear up a storm and others keep it clean.
    — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Both men swear to put on a show in the biggest fights of their careers.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Five-star reviewers swear by the tool for soft, shiny hair.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • On the ice, they’re sworn enemies.
    — Hannah Ryan, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Jack Schlossberg swears there is a method to his madness.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Some items have been easier than others to swear off.
    — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Kyle swears that nothing happened.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
  • One of the most common riffs Simmons swears by at home or on the road?
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The lefty the brass swore was the bedrock of the future rotation.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • Keep scrolling for the products our editors swear by.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Marin hasn’t sworn off a return to government.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Prince swears this isn’t the start of a BBQ empire, though.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
  • Billy Bob Thornton swears a blue streak.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, he will be sworn into office on the Quran.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Some swear by nasal washes to remove dust, pollen, and other debris.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Hurley yelled at himself for swearing, leaning back with his hands on his head.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The brand is always near the top of our rice cooker testing, and many staffers in the test kitchen swear by them.
    — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
  • But the camera, swear to God, picks up everything.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Foam rollers might seem a little old-fashioned, but there's a reason many people still swear by them.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • But so far, Speaker Mike Johnson will not swear her in.
    — Robert Jimison, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

swear

2 of 2 noun
  • I heard him say a swear.
  • Don’t pretend the cure for coarse speech is a swear jar.
    — Eric Preven, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Kennedy could be heard hurling swears at the Swedish team.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Ag will have to put a couple dollars in the swear jar this week.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Even for those who struggle to keep their plants happy swear by these bags.
    — Summer Cartwright, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2020
  • Every designer who makes and sells menswear swears by navy blue.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Which explains why another study found that young adult books tend to be full of swear words.
    — Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2017
  • The parent puts money in the swear jar for each offense, and the kids get to use the cash to rent a movie.
    — Amy Bentley, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2017
  • O’Rourke hasn’t been filling up the swear jar all by himself on the campaign trail.
    — Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Some people use elbows, some swear by using a knuckle to tap the button.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive.com, oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Gülich didn't talk smack, though Fuehring learned some German swears to use during the game just in case.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2018
  • One of them, Lance Carter, was the clerk who kept the swear journal that was used as evidence.
    — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Gillibrand tweeted out a video of her remarks, while joking about contributing to a swear jar.
    — Douglas Heye, CNN, 12 June 2017
  • But this list is a mix of cleansers, moisturizers, and makeup that real people with rosacea swear by.
    — Talia Abbas, SELF, 14 May 2018
  • The suggestion of a shirt made one critic swear off mesh altogether.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The study found those who came up with the most F, A and S words also produced the most swear words.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Walker should chisel a contract deadline — not a pinky-swear deadline, either — in stone.
    — Paul Jenkins, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 Oct. 2017
  • In the caretakers’ defense, parrots shouting swear words is very, very funny.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Odette's spell can be broken only if one who has never loved before swears to love Odette forever.
    — Nola Community Submission, NOLA.com, 19 May 2017
  • Does Taylor Swift swear on 'The Life of a Showgirl'?
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • From a lazy bun that's perfect for a quick hair change to the mascara that many swear by, some of our favorite makeup finds have started with just a pin.
    — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 21 Aug. 2018
  • The reporter is dead, but her writing partner at the time and others in the media and at her paper swear that story line is a lie.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 14 Dec. 2019
  • So what led Criminal Minds' creative team to consider adding swear words to the scripts?
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But Nogueira's voice is low and hypnotic, studded with swear words, delivered on pure throat muscle.
    — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And Boring would be that much closer to its 90,000-rider pinkie-swear.
    — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Some judges make a point of telling jurors to remember that a witness who chooses to affirm rather than swear is no less likely to be truthful.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
  • Patullo tore off his headset with a rare and celebratory swear.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The answer would be a resounding NO punctuated with a few swear words.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2021
  • Fans of the Pranamat swear by its abilities to alleviate back pain, headaches, and even sleep troubles.
    — Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2023
  • In both The Wire and 25th Hour, Whitlock uttered his catchphrase swear.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025

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