: a solemn promise or assertion
specifically
: one by which a person is bound to an act, service, or condition
vowed; vowing; vows
: to make a vow
Examples of vow in a Sentence
Noun
The monks take a vow of silence.
The bride and groom exchanged vows.
The mayor made a vow to reduce crime.
Verb (1)
she vowed to love him forever
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Jelly Roll and his wife married in 2016 and renewed their vows in 2023.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
The political gesture didn’t mesh well with the Israeli culture and sports minister Miki Zohar, who immediately vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Last month, Gomez and Benny Blanco tied the knot in a private ceremony and exchanged vows in California in front of their friends and family.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Jelly Roll and his wife married in 2016 and renewed their vows in 2023.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Kennedy vowed early in his tenure as HHS secretary to get to the root causes of Autism, as the disorder has been drastically rising since the early 2000s.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
The political gesture didn’t mesh well with the Israeli culture and sports minister Miki Zohar, who immediately vowed to cut funding for the Israeli Film Academy’s Ophir Awards.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Vow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vow. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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vow
1 of 2 noun
: a solemn promise or statement
vow
2 of 2 verb1
: to make a vow or as a vow
2
: to bind or make holy by a vow
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