INCUMBENT in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for INCUMBENT, such as:
1. Heyward felt it had now become incumbent on him to act.
2. He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
3. The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.
4. But before doing so, there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.
5. Balashev, feeling it incumbent on him to reply, said that from the Russian side things did not appear in so gloomy a light.
2. He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
3. The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.
4. But before doing so, there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.
5. Balashev, feeling it incumbent on him to reply, said that from the Russian side things did not appear in so gloomy a light.
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Meanings and Examples of INCUMBENT
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incumbent
n. the official who holds an office
a. currently holding an office
Classic Sentence:
1 I am but the incumbent of a poor country parish: my aid must be of the humblest sort.
2 For about three years I heard little of him; but on the decease of the incumbent of the living which had been designed for him, he applied to me again by letter for the presentation.
3 But before doing so, there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.
4 With the prospect of spending at least two months at Uppercross, it was highly incumbent on her to clothe her imagination, her memory, and all her ideas in as much of Uppercross as possible.
5 I have felt it incumbent upon me, Master Copperfield,' said Uriah, 'to point out to Doctor Strong what you and me have already talked about.
6 Heyward felt it had now become incumbent on him to act.
7 Balashev, feeling it incumbent on him to reply, said that from the Russian side things did not appear in so gloomy a light.
8 The power, then, that parents have over their children, arises from that duty which is incumbent on them, to take care of their off-spring, during the imperfect state of childhood.
Example Sentence:
1 He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
2 The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.
3 In one of the most closely watched races in the country, he defeated incumbent Republican Andrea Seastrand in a bitter rematch.
4 Voters see the same old candidates year after year and figure that the incumbent is usually a lock in a vast number of congressional districts.
5 The party locked arms with the third force, a regional outfit called the Janata Dal-Secular; the pairing of two parties thus claimed the right to replace the incumbent from them as chief minister.