Definition
Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
In Context
- "The country, too, which had been the promised land of my boyhood, did not, like most promised lands, disappoint me."
- "When Frances had developed her plan, she intimated, in some closing sentences, her hopes for the future. […] [A]nd what was to hinder us from going to live in England? England was still her Promised Land."
- "That is the danger that always menaces people when they get over into their Promised Land."
- "I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land."
- "When the angels from above / Fall down and spread their wings like doves / As we walk hand in hand / Sister, brothers, we'll make it to the promised land"