CANCEL in a Sentence

Learn CANCEL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
50 example sentences for CANCEL, such as:
1. I thought today's fete had been canceled.
2. I'm sorry, but I have to cancel my reservation.
3. Fifty francs was not sufficient to cancel this debt.
4. That being the case, we have to cancel off the plan.
5. It is not usual to cancel articles for any such reason.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CANCEL
cancel
 v.  remove or make invisible
 v.  postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
Classic Sentence:
1  It is not usual to cancel articles for any such reason.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
2  Their capture would paralyze the North and more than cancel off the defeat on the Mississippi.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  Fifty francs was not sufficient to cancel this debt.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
4  Great, therefore, was the astonishment when at the end of the month, he cancelled all his obligations with his usual punctuality.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
5  Then taking up his account book, he cancelled with the greatest care all the entries of the amounts he had just paid away.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
6  In her death she winged her way back to her calm untroubled youth, and cancelled all the rest.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
7  All the great words, it seemed to Connie, were cancelled for her generation: love, joy, happiness, home, mother, father, husband, all these great, dynamic words were half dead now, and dying from day to day.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  I thought today's fete had been canceled.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances.
2  That being the case, we have to cancel off the plan.
3  There is normally no refund should a client choose to cancel.
4  It is vitally important to cancel the order immediately.
5  Don't forget to cancel the newspaper before going away.
6  I will have to cancel this afternoon's class - I'm sorry it's such short notice.
7  Oh well, we'll just have to cancel the holiday, I suppose.
8  The best option would be to cancel the trip altogether.
9  For some inexplicable reason, he's decided to cancel the project.
10  I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health.
11  Our pianist had fallen ill, and then, at the eleventh hour, when we thought we'd have to cancel the performance, Jill offered to replace him.
12  I'm sorry, but I have to cancel my reservation.
13  The meeting in Addis Ababa has heard Chinese promises to cancel debts and increase Chinese investments in Africa.
14  Her kindness and generosity cancel out her occasional flashes of temper.
15  We require our secretary to be on time, otherwise we have to cancel the event.