How to Use oath of office in a Sentence

oath of office

noun phrase
  • Both James and Hammond took the oath of office Monday evening.
    Justin Gamble, CNN, 2 Oct. 2023
  • He is scheduled to take the oath of office once more on January 10.
    Javier Corrales, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2013
  • Pratt is scheduled to take her oath of office on Friday.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Better to keep focused, and spread the word to family, friends and neighbors, about the world that awaits them if Trump takes the oath of office.
    Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • Either man would be the oldest person to take the oath of office if sworn in next January.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • Tisch took the oath of office as her two sons, Larry and Harry, nephew Max and mother Merryl, stood with her.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • She was sworn in the same day President Woodrow Wilson took his second oath of office.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Whoever wins then is expected to take the oath of office to begin a new, four-year term.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • What he’s shown before even taking the oath of office is his reckless judgment.
    Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2024
  • All three were administered the oath of office by Mulcahy, as were Mandich and Parsons.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2023
  • He was given the oath of office in his final hours of life and he was sworn in as a trooper surrounded by loved ones and classmates, Quirk said.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Within days of taking the oath of office, Chief Justice Isa opened the court to cameras and allowed his first hearing to be broadcast live.
    Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Butler took the oath of office Tuesday, and the new senator will likely prove to be a solidly liberal vote out of the deep-blue state.
    Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Trump and Vance will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, just two years after Vance took the oath of office for his first Senate term.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Robinson administered the oath of office to the 14 City Council members again on Tuesday.
    Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • Just weeks after taking the oath of office, the Panic of 1837 set in – a financial crisis that triggered a six-year depression.
    Mo Rocca, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson took his oath of office in the City Hall Rotunda Tuesday before a packed crowd that included some people looking on from the floors above.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Patrick Benjamin Ventura, 28, is charged with two counts of child molestation and one count of violation of oath of office.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Their father, then the new senator-elect from Delaware, famously took his oath of office in the boys’ hospital room.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Once Trump takes the oath of office next month, U.S.-China relations are poised to be one of the greatest foreign policy challenges for the new administration.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • That could go a considerable way toward determining which of them takes the oath of office next January.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Dwayne Preston, 54, who has spent more than half his life in law enforcement, took the oath of office Tuesday evening, cementing his position since assuming the acting role last fall.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Council has yet to submit an appointment letter to the city clerk in order to complete the inspector general's oath of office, according to the clerk's office.
    Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2024
  • President Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to him inside a white marble palace known as the Presidency in a brief ceremony.
    Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Along with Trump, he is also accused of soliciting Raffensperger to violate his oath of office.
    Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Trump has been charged with racketeering, conspiracy, and enticing a public officer to break their oath of office, among other things.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Notwithstanding infelicitous boasting, Trump is a man of his word who will scrupulously honor his oath of office.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Meadows was charged with soliciting Raffensperger to violate his oath of office.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Regardless of who takes the oath of office, Ben Tzion believes the focus on traceability and verification will only grow as the trade landscape continues to become more complex.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Age is nothing but a number Already the oldest president in American history, if elected to a second term, Biden would become the first octogenarian to take the presidential oath of office at the age of 81 (two weeks shy of his 82nd birthday).
    Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 30 May 2023

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