DEBATE in a Sentence
Learn DEBATE 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.
201 example sentences for DEBATE, such as:
1. The motion under debate was put to a vote.
2. The conference ended with a plenary debate.
3. Many of the men engaged in a spirited debate.
4. After a long debate, Congress approved the proposal.
5. The debate was televised in front of a live audience.
2. The conference ended with a plenary debate.
3. Many of the men engaged in a spirited debate.
4. After a long debate, Congress approved the proposal.
5. The debate was televised in front of a live audience.
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Meanings and Examples of DEBATE
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debate
n. the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
v. have an argument about something
Classic Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
1 The Welly Brys, after much debate, and anxious counsel with their newly acquired friends, had decided on the bold move of giving a general entertainment.
2 In the debate as to whether there should be veal loaf or poached egg on hash, she had no chance to be heretical and oversensitive.
3 She spent four winters in building up the Debating Society, and when the debate really was lively one Friday afternoon, and the speakers of pieces did not forget their lines, she felt rewarded.
4 Seeing the throng, Marija abandoned precipitately the debate concerning the ancestors of her coachman, and, springing from the moving carriage, plunged in and proceeded to clear a way to the hall.
5 They would ask Jurgis if he had worked there yet, and if he meant to; and Jurgis would debate the matter with himself.
6 The contest gradually grew warmer, until it was quite evident the feelings of the speakers began to be somewhat enlisted in the debate.
7 The instant the matter in discussion was decided, the debate, and everything connected with it, except the result appeared to be forgotten.
8 Many of the men engaged in a spirited debate.
9 As he walked along in careless line he was engaged with his own eternal debate.
10 He got the one glance at the foe-swarming field in front of him, and instantly ceased to debate the question of his piece being loaded.
11 The youth, who had been holding a bitter debate with himself and casting glances of hatred and contempt at the tattered man, here spoke in a hard voice.
12 Then, they made me dress up, every day; and gentlemen used to come in and stand and smoke their cigars, and look at me, and ask questions, and debate my price.
13 I heard a very warm debate between two professors, about the most commodious and effectual ways and means of raising money, without grieving the subject.
14 A grand debate at the general assembly of the Houyhnhnms, and how it was determined.
15 In this council was resumed their old debate, and indeed the only debate that ever happened in their country; whereof my master, after his return, give me a very particular account.
Example Sentence: (141 in 10 pages)
1 The debate is being conducted almost exclusively on party political lines.
2 The debate is centred around two conflicting theories.
3 The debate was televised in front of a live audience.
4 The new drug has become the subject of heated debate within the medical profession.
5 The motion under debate was put to a vote.
6 There has been heated debate about whether the film should be allowed.
7 There was some debate as to whether the benefit scheme should be withdrawn or simply allowed to wither on the vine.
8 After a long debate, the House of Commons approved the bill.
9 The debate in the mainstream press has been a classic example of British hypocrisy.
10 Congressman Saunders fired the opening salvo during a heated debate on capital punishment.
11 The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.
12 The central issue of the debate was hardly touched on in his speech.
13 Further, it may even be appropriate to debate again whether consent is appropriate as the governing concept in the medical-legal context.
14 The conference ended with a plenary debate.
15 After a long debate, Congress approved the proposal.