As autumn faded to winter, pressure mounted on the President to abandon his pledge.

The commander of the Druuf fleet had suddenly abandoned his pledge to keep his agreement with Rhodan.

Anderson abandoned his earlier hands-off pledge and vigorously lobbied his Senate colleagues to reject the imperious admiral.

Woodward said that abandoning Blair's pledge would be "a huge gamble".

The Nixon administration abandoned its solemn pledge to fight big government, and began expanding it on all fronts.

Subsequently, she found something that convinced her they were going to abandon their pledge not to hurt anyone.

The President already is under fire within his own party for abandoning his pledge not to raise taxes.

To be sure, Tulle has not abandoned its postwar pledge never to forget the atrocities of 1944.

The offer could mean that he has abandoned his earlier pledge to complete a full third term in office.

We observe that other Swedish political parties have abandoned their pledge and are now prepared to transfer the issues to EU level.