Usage examples (11)

• A promise can be a lie if the promissor never intended to perform in the first place.
• The act of promising often represents multiple facts about the world -- not just that the promissor intend to perform, but that it is probable that she will perform, and...
• Meteoricamente, uma diretora de casting descobre em Toby um promissor astro.
• By a contract thus made, for a valuable consideration, there arises what, in the law phrase is called a lien, on the body and goods of the promissor or debtor.