How to Use commit in a Sentence

commit

verb
  • The massacre was committed by the rebel army.
  • The contract commits the company to finishing the bridge by next fall.
  • They have not yet committed to a particular course of action.
  • He keeps delaying his decision because he doesn't want to commit himself.
  • Under a one-shot-per-year model, people wouldn’t need to commit to one vaccine type anymore.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Like most startups at this stage, Artifact has yet to commit to a business model.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Barrow is the first running back to commit to Navy in the Class of 2023.
    Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • But Louisville’s numbers alone indicate there likely are dozens more, if not hundreds, being used to commit crimes.
    Jonathan Bullington, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Evans committed suicide at age 45 amid his battle with bipolar disorder.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Crime-deterrence programs are bound to fail—the victims of police brutality rarely commit serious crimes.
    WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the attendees at the South Carolina event were Trump supporters who were willing to once again commit to him by casting a ballot in his favor.
    Cristina Corujo, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Singh-Allen said the city is committed to the success of the project.
    Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024
  • Batton is the fourth prospect to commit to Arkansas in the 2025 class.
    Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The Roadrunners turned over the ball three time and committed 12 penalties for 79 yards in the loss.
    Staff and Wire Reports, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • But no one has committed to the no-pants bit quite like Kendall Jenner.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But most of us can’t, or just won’t, commit to going dark for more than a few waking hours.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Still, fans committing to travel and attend F1 races want the payoff to be worth the buildup.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
  • While pitching wasn’t able to close it out for ASU, the team isn’t shifting the blame on the staff as the team committed four errors.
    Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2023
  • Jaylen Harrell became the eighth Wolverine to commit to the Senior Bowl.
    Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This is the first step to establish exact costs and other details and doesn’t commit the village to the plan.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Court records show at least 22 of the crimes Estep is suspected of committing took place this year.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Kroger and Albertsons had committed not to close stores as a result of the merger.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Note that the Disney Bundle has no free trial, so prepare to commit to at least one month.
    Stacey Nguyen, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • If you’re fully committed, go for the platform bed, my king.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2024
  • The Dodgers also committed three errors, paving the way for the Brewers to score four unearned runs, and their win streak was snapped at five.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Gunter is the second Dallas-area recruit to commit to Stanford this month.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
  • He was committed to the mission of documentary work: to make meaning from the events of our times.
    Victor Blue, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Buchner committed to play lacrosse at Ohio State as an eighth-grader, but hadn’t played the sport in five years.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
  • As a portrait of young revolutionaries, Say Nothing crackles with the thrill and romance of committing one’s life to an armed cause.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The film commits as much to its Christmas setting — including a choir of Gremlin carolers — as to its wanton cartoon violence.
    Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2024

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