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274 example sentences for COMMITTED, such as:

1. We're committed to the project.
2. I have just committed a wrong, sir.
3. The party has a core of committed supporters.
4. Many people in public life have committed adultery.
5. The old man committed his will to the care of the lawyer.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMMITTED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
committed
 a.  feeling dedication and loyalty to a cause, activity, or job; devoted
Classic Sentence: (174 in 12 pages)
1  If I have committed a sin in killing an Inquisitor and a Jesuit, I have made ample amends by saving the lives of these girls.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVI
2  Ah, sir," said the man with the ivory baton, "had you committed all the imaginable crimes you would be to me the most honest man in the world.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXII
3  There may be some fault even in this obedience; but the fault thus committed is venial; it is a fall, but a fall on the knees which may terminate in prayer.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
4  This soul is full of shadow; sin is therein committed.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
5  I have just committed a wrong, sir.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
6  Not a single sprouting ambition committed the folly of putting forth its foliage in his shadow.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
7  And whether, the fault once committed and confessed, the chastisement had not been ferocious and disproportioned.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
8  She had committed a fault, but the foundation of her nature, as will be remembered, was modesty and virtue.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
9  On leaving the galleys, this Jean Valjean, as it appears, robbed a bishop; then he committed another theft, accompanied with violence, on a public highway on the person of a little Savoyard.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
10  , inured by his past life to culpable deeds, and but little reformed by his sojourn in the galleys, as was proved by the crime committed against Little Gervais, etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
11  It was France who committed this monstrous violence; by foul means, for, with the exception of wars of liberation, everything that armies do is by foul means.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
12  The solitude of this spot, where so many crimes have been committed, had something terrible about it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—MASTER GORBEAU
13  The reparation is the prayer for all the sins, for all the faults, for all the dissensions, for all the violations, for all the iniquities, for all the crimes committed on earth.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
14  Each sister kneels in turn on the stones, and confesses aloud, in the presence of all, the faults and sins which she has committed during the week.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
15  The nuns had committed it, not only without difficulty, but even with the applause of their own consciences.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
16  Opposition parties are calling for further assurances that the government is committed to its education policy.
17  But the thriller element does no damage to the message and helps the story along for even the most committed viewer.
18  He surrendered to despair and eventually committed suicide.
19  Several employees were suspended amid allegations that financial improprieties had been committed.
20  The police force is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
21  I committed the physician's cardinal sin: I got involved with my patients.
22  The old man committed his will to the care of the lawyer.
23  Russia and the other republics are committed to destroying most of their nuclear arsenals.
24  The party has a core of committed supporters.
25  Rape is committed where sexual intercourse takes place without consent.
26  These crimes were committed largely by professional criminals who lived by crime.
27  We're committed to the project.
28  Once you sign on the dotted line you are committed to that property.
29  Many people in public life have committed adultery.
30  We are committed to supporting democracy and reform in the region.