How to Use renege in a Sentence

renege

verb
  • They had promised to pay her tuition but later reneged.
  • Well, Hamas promised to do it and reneged.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • Teams won’t have to worry about prospects reneging on their pledges.
    — David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Some would even try and renege at the end of their two-month free trial.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Kallas said reneging on that goes against EU treaties.
    — Sam McNeil, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Kallas said reneging on that goes against the EU treaties.
    — Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The anger isn’t just about failing to add a player who reneged on a promise.
    — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But Iran has already threatened to renege on that pledge.
    — Deva Lee, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • Restoration activists lived up to their part of the bargain, but the city reneged.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 2018
  • Tizon’s parents reneged on their promise to pay her for her services.
    — Vicente Rafael, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
  • To sign Sasaki, the signing team might have to renege on one or more of those agreements.
    — Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
  • This wasn’t the first time that Russia reneged on an arms’ control agreement.
    — Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Or possibly Ferrari will simply renege on the whole idea in a year or two.
    — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Sotomayor said Congress was not free to renege on a past promise to pay.
    — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2020
  • But he is expected to stop short of reneging on the deal altogether.
    — Author: Karen Deyoung, Anne Gearan, David Nakamura, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2018
  • None of that happens if Lesch’s shoulder had held on or if the Dodgers had reneged on their deal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • Moy claims that Christian reneged on the deal, however.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2026
  • His club at the time, Newell's Old Boys, promised to pay, only to renege on that pledge.
    — SI.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Kroc seems to agree, only to renege on the royalty agreement on paper.
    — Yec, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • An agreement made by one administration could be reneged on by the next.
    — Debak Das, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
  • To the contrary, the entire court agreed that Congress has the power to renege on treaties.
    — WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022
  • When the government reneged, the fund pulled the plug and the country defaulted.
    — The Economist, 8 June 2018
  • As the stock market tumbled, Trump reneged on the tariffs days later.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 May 2025
  • Shane Smith won…and Katy politely reneged on that offer.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This wish is granted, but Salieri reneges on his end of the deal after losing faith in the Almighty.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The move comes after the Cantrell administration reneged on a deal to help fill some of that gap.
    — Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Twitter sued the billionaire in July over his attempt to renege on the deal.
    — Sarah E. Needleman, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
  • For all the fun and disruption, the commitment to elite sport itself never felt reneged.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • So Morris reneged on his commitment to the Spurs and signed with the Knicks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019

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