How to Use renege in a Sentence

renege

verb

• They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged.
• Weiss didn't renege on the deal as Biden's lawyers claim.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 15 Aug. 2023
• Macron and Merkel will try to persuade Trump not to renege on the deal.
  — Laura King, The Seattle Times, 22 Apr. 2018
• His club at the time, Newell's Old Boys, promised to pay, only to renege on that pledge.
  — SI.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• So Morris reneged on his commitment to the Spurs and signed with the Knicks.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• Teams won’t have to worry about prospects reneging on their pledges.
  — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 18 Dec. 2017
• Restoration activists lived up to their part of the bargain, but the city reneged.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018
• To the contrary, the entire court agreed that Congress has the power to renege on treaties.
  — WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
• The anger isn’t just about failing to add a player who reneged on a promise.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• And Trump would know that Trump is prone to reneging on contracts and could take back part, or all, of that carrot.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2018
• When the government reneged, the fund pulled the plug and the country defaulted.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2018
• But doing so could open the door for Mr. Kim to accuse Mr. Trump of reneging on his promises.
  — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 13 June 2018
• And Trump’s successor might decide to renege on the deal and move troops back to South Korea.
  — Andrew Kydd, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
• Kent paid up, but Manson reneged on his end of the deal until Kent threatened him.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
• Without warning, Trump reneges on the deal, saying South Korea will have to foot the bill.
  — Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 7 May 2017
• Opinion: Arizona set aside a huge chunk of cash to find the state more water, then ignored the law to renege on that promise.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
• Or possibly Ferrari will simply renege on the whole idea in a year or two.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
• Biden reneged in September and invited him to the White House.
  — Simone Lipkind, TIME, 19 June 2024
• But the North promised to do that during the Bush Administration and reneged.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2018
• Putting aside the fact that insurers retroactively renege on agreements to pay in the form of claim denials all the time, Clement had a point.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2019
• Twitter sued the billionaire in July over his attempt to renege on the deal.
  — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
• In that case, the firm also took measures designed to build a foundation to renege on the deal as Musk is alleged to have done.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2022
• And if Tribune for some reason reneges on the deal, there's a $135.5 million payment to Sinclair.
  — The Hive, 10 July 2017
• Sotomayor said Congress was not free to renege on a past promise to pay.
  — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2020
• Tizon’s parents reneged on their promise to pay her for her services.
  — Vicente Rafael, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
• So why is Sony reneging on that 11-year-old packaging promise for Warhawk?
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2018
• Meghan McCain said Sadler reneged on a vow to apologize.
  — Jonathan Allen /, NBC News, 31 May 2018
• Mayor-elect Dean Trantalis said a simple vote to renege on the city’s promise to help pay for the rail system might not be the best way forward.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• After criticizing Trump for trying to renege on his agreement with Biden to participate in debates, Harris had a flip-flopping moment of her own.
  — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 July 2024
• Such concerns are particularly severe when backing down involves reneging on a commitment, such as an agreement to defend another country or a public pledge to stand firm in a crisis.
  — Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024