DISMISSAL in a Sentence

Learn DISMISSAL 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.
160 example sentences for DISMISSAL, such as:
1. New Democrat Gore dismissed the idea.
2. The teacher dismissed the class early.
3. The employee was dismissed as incompetent.
4. You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
5. She was late again and was dismissed from her job.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DISMISSAL
dismissal
 n.  the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
 n.  permission to go; the sending away of someone
Classic Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
1  Gerald, primed with brandy, had given Jonas Wilkerson his dismissal that morning, and Ellen had remained at Tara to go over the accounts of the plantation before he took his departure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  She held out her hand with a charming gesture in which dismissal was shorn of its rigour.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
3  Her gesture seemed to show a definite intention of dismissal, but her companion had tossed a bill to the waiter, and was slipping his short arms into his expensive overcoat.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
4  Reading his dismissal in her eyes, he held out his hand with a gesture which conveyed something of this inarticulate conflict.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
5  But once out of the house, she could not decide where to go; for she had avoided Gerty since her dismissal from the milliner's, and she was not sure of a welcome anywhere else.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
6  He stared at the stranger, in a manner of patient dismissal.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  He cried, he pleaded for forgiveness, promised to reform over and over again, and then received his dismissal, feeling that he had won but an imperfect forgiveness and established but a feeble confidence.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  They came therefore to a decision, betook themselves in a body to the king, and begged for their dismissal.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
9  But he did not venture to give him his dismissal, for he dreaded lest he should strike him and all his people dead, and place himself on the royal throne.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
10  "Well, then, it is but fair that you should be paid for your loss of time and trouble," said the count; and he made a gesture of polite dismissal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 42. Monsieur Bertuccio.
11  It was Mary's hope and belief that he had received a positive dismissal from Henrietta, and her husband lived under the constant dependence of seeing him to-morrow.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
12  That was our first drama at Hurlstone; but a second one came to drive it from our minds, and it was prefaced by the disgrace and dismissal of butler Brunton.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
13  He also received his dismissal, his half-sovereign, and the order to wait.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
14  I believe they would have procured his dismissal if the Department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so kindly disposed and helpful to him.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
15  You know, I suppose, that I have got my dismissal.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
2  The woman claims she was the victim of constructive dismissal after being demoted.
3  He still hopes to win his claim against unfair dismissal.
4  A former employee of the defendants swore an affidavit relating to his claim against the defendants for wrongful dismissal.
5  There were a lot of eyebrows raised at the news of the financial minister's dismissal.
6  His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.
7  His attack on the manager led to his instant dismissal.
8  He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.
9  They were warned that they risked dismissal if the strike continued.
10  She was late again and was dismissed from her job.
11  The teacher dismissed the class early.
12  The defending lawyer asked that the charge against his client be dismissed.
13  Staff voted to continue an unofficial strike in support of seven colleagues who were dismissed last week.
14  New Democrat Gore dismissed the idea.
15  The employee was dismissed as incompetent.