How to Use swear in in a Sentence

swear in

verb

• The Avants flew to Washington in 2009 to watch her be sworn in.
  — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Spartz will be sworn in for her third term the House in January.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2024
• He was sworn in as the city’s 37th mayor decades later.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• The hearing is on Dec. 11, and the new DA would be sworn in just two days earlier.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
• Henry had not yet been sworn in when Moïse was killed in July 2021.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
• He was sworn in as chief in 2020 at the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement and pandemic.
  — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
• On May 1, two-and-a-half months after he was elected, Blevins was sworn in at City Hall.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Trump can not make personnel changes to the FBI until he is sworn in.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2024
• The winner likely will be sworn in June 24 ahead of the city council’s next meeting.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2024
• Garfield died of his wounds over two months later, and Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States.
  — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024
• In April, the regular election winner would be sworn in for a four-year term.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• The same month, he was sworn in as a detective for the Grantsville Police Department.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
• Bean was sworn in at the meeting and will officially take the post on July 3.
  — Annika Bahnsen, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
• The decision to swear in Alvarez next week is the latest twist in the complex election.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2022
• The board was scheduled to announce the changes and swear in the two new members at a special meeting Tuesday evening.
  — Danya Perez, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2021
• The lower chamber will elect a Speaker on Jan. 3, after the new Congress is sworn in.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
• After being sworn in, the trio took their seats with the other members of the appraisal district board.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2024
• Honea was joined at the meeting by his family, and his wife, Megan, pinned his badge on after he was sworn in.
  — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• He will be sworn in at the July 10 city council meeting, the release stated.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
• Before swearing in the jury, the judge offered Sadik a final chance to take a plea, and underlined the risk.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The debate on the extension came up about two hours after Stafford was sworn in at the beginning of the meeting.
  — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 22 Nov. 2023
• All members of Congress pledge an oath to the Constitution when they are sworn in.
  — Michelle Tauber, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Assistant Chief Scott Wahl, the chief select, will be sworn in Friday.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
• Per the Constitution, that’s the day each Congress begins and the House and Senate swear in members.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2022
• In Owens’, the codefendant swore in an affidavit that Owens was not present for the 1997 robbery murder.
  — Brian Stull, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
• Once he is sworn in, Democrats will have 16 seats in New York, with Republicans holding 10.
  — Doug Williams, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
• But Ted Lasso worked for families, and there’s swearing in it.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
• She was sworn in the same day President Woodrow Wilson took his second oath of office.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• In the same case, Cannon also forgot to swear in the jury pool, a mistake which forced the judge to restart the jury selection process.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
• The battle for the next ranking member of House Oversight is just one of several occurring before the 119th Congress is sworn in.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Jan 2025