Swear in a sentence as a verb

A couple of swear words in the victim's dying breaths?

I swear, this is what happens when you let a bunch of kids run the show.

I swear my brain thinks there's a distinction, but I can't figure out what it is.

TL;DR: I deleted all your backups over one swear word.

This is referred to as "swearing behind" the Hillis patent's filing date [3].

His boss was even worse- I swear she must have been an ex-DMV employee, all attitude, no knowledge.

Maybe I am being pretentious, but I swear I am just trying to help and expose my thoughts on the subject.

I'm not easily offended by swearing, but I am offended by content.

But the Apple inventors' filing date is January 2007; swearing behind that far would be a real challenge.

"I swear, De Beers has probably pulled off the greatest marketing stunt in the history of humanity.

Whether swearing is used or not seems to have little impact on that, but in my experience the best presenters manage to deliver a compelling talk by throwing out cheap rhetoric.

VC-istan execs tend to have inappropriate, power-imbalanced office affairs, traders and bankers go strip clubs more often than is healthy... programmers swear slightly more than average and some are socially awkward.

Swear definitions

verb

utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"

See also: curse cuss blaspheme imprecate

verb

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

See also: affirm verify assert avow aver swan

verb

promise solemnly; take an oath

verb

make a deposition; declare under oath

See also: depose depone

verb

have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

See also: trust rely bank