ATTORNEY in a Sentence

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107 example sentences for ATTORNEY, such as:
1. He wants to be an attorney.
2. He acted as attorney for me.
3. The defence attorney requested an adjournment.
4. The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.
5. The attorney demonstrated that the witness was lying.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ATTORNEY
attorney
 n.  a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  This petition to Napoleon, kept back by Villefort, had become, under the second restoration, a terrible weapon against him in the hands of the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 28. The Prison Register.
2  He was the same man, or rather the development of the same man, whom we have heretofore seen as assistant attorney at Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48. Ideology.
3  Andrea had spoken very little during dinner; he was an intelligent lad, and he feared to utter some absurdity before so many grand people, amongst whom, with dilating eyes, he saw the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 64. The Beggar.
4  In this simple way, madame," replied Monte Cristo; "the waistcoat and the letter were both what is termed circumstantial evidence; I therefore sent them to the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 96. The Contract.
5  "Adieu, madame," replied the king's attorney, as in an almost joyful manner he conducted her to the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 99. The Law.
6  Scarcely had he entered the hall when he glanced at the whole body of magistrates and assistants; his eye rested longer on the president, and still more so on the king's attorney.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 110. The Indictment.
7  "My father is king's attorney," replied Andrea calmly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 110. The Indictment.
8  Thereupon an idea occurred to the attorney for the crown.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
9  There was in Tholomyes a district attorney, and in Courfeyrac a paladin.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
10  You are the son of my aunt, consequently my cousin; you come from Noyon, in Picardy; you have several lawsuits and no attorney.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 29 HUNTING FOR THE EQUIPMENTS
11  Her father had been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  Having received his orders, I despatched a man to fetch the attorney, and four more, provided with serviceable weapons, to demand my young lady of her jailor.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  The other members were Dr. Westlake, Lyman Cass, Julius Flickerbaugh the attorney, Guy Pollock, and Martin Mahoney, former livery-stable keeper and now owner of a garage.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  Her most positive experience was the revelation of Mrs. Flickerbaugh, the tall, thin, twitchy wife of the attorney.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
15  Upon that Chichikov begged her to accord the gentleman in question a power of attorney, while, to save extra trouble, he himself would then and there compose the requisite letter.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
1  His attorney argued that Cope could not distinguish between right and wrong.
2  He wants to be an attorney.
3  She was made her father's attorney when he became ill.
4  The defence attorney requested an adjournment.
5  An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.
6  The attorney for the defense challenged the evidence as hearsay.
7  He acted as attorney for me.
8  The attorney demonstrated that the witness was lying.
9  The defense attorney argued that the judge should declare a mistrial.
10  Luckily, Nancy's father and her attorney were one and the same person.
11  The district attorney said if McVeigh is given the death penalty and his conviction is upheld on appeal, the state prosecution would become moot.
12  The attorney for the union accused the Mayor of playing politics.
13  The defense attorney phrased his summation at last.
14  The attorney quickly turned his main defense argument on its head.
15  He delegated his power of attorney to his sister - in - law.