In a sentence
Six example sentences with pledged, each labelled with its topic.
Forty delegates arrived pledged to the governor, and party rules held them for two ballots regardless of the floor mood.
Politics
A promise leaves you pledged even when circumstances change, which is why Kant treats it as duty rather than preference.
Philosophy
The shares were already pledged as collateral, so the founder could not sell a single one during the offering.
Finance
Each knight arrived pledged to his lord, and breaking that oath meant losing his land as well as his honor.
History
The hero is pledged to the queen's service, so when she orders him into exile he goes without a word.
Literature
The staff were pledged to secrecy about the merger, and nobody mentioned it even to family for six months.
Business
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