INSTITUTION in a Sentence
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207 example sentences for INSTITUTION, such as:
1. Marriage is a sacred institution.
2. May Day has become a venerable institution.
3. The institution of slavery was once widespread.
4. Giving presents on Christmas is an institution.
5. Bernard works at the same institution as Arlette.
2. May Day has become a venerable institution.
3. The institution of slavery was once widespread.
4. Giving presents on Christmas is an institution.
5. Bernard works at the same institution as Arlette.
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Meanings and Examples of INSTITUTION
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institution
n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
n. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
Classic Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
1 But in a corrupted city this institution grew to be most mischievous.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII.
2 An institution such as that was well-nigh as difficult to end as to begin.
3 Such an institution, from its wide powers, great responsibilities, large control of moneys, and generally conspicuous position, was naturally open to repeated and bitter attack.
4 Of the foes without the Bureau, the bitterest were those who attacked not so much its conduct or policy under the law as the necessity for any such institution at all.
5 The passing of a great human institution before its work is done, like the untimely passing of a single soul, but leaves a legacy of striving for other men.
6 Such an institution the South of to-day sorely needs.
7 It was a terrific social revolution, and yet some traces were retained of the former group life, and the chief remaining institution was the Priest or Medicine-man.
8 First, it became almost entirely Baptist and Methodist in faith; secondly, as a social institution it antedated by many decades the monogamic Negro home.
9 The second fact noted, namely, that the Negro church antedates the Negro home, leads to an explanation of much that is paradoxical in this communistic institution and in the morals of its members.
10 But especially it leads us to regard this institution as peculiarly the expression of the inner ethical life of a people in a sense seldom true elsewhere.
11 He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.
12 Having once got its tentacles fastened on to the economic and social life of the Republic, it was no easy matter for the country to relieve itself of the institution.
13 The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.
14 He was just as happy in trying to assist some other institution in the South as he was when working for Hampton.
15 To meet this cash payment, as I have stated, I had just fifty cents when I reached the institution.
Example Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
1 The Hong Kong Bank is Hong Kong's largest financial institution.
2 Parliament remains the central institution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
3 Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls.
4 The scandal threatened to undermine the institution of the Presidency.
5 Marriage became an institution in ancient societies.
6 Giving presents on Christmas is an institution.
7 The institution of slavery was once widespread.
8 The woman will be confined to a mental institution.
9 Bernard works at the same institution as Arlette.
10 The institution of a Freedom of Information Act has had a significant effect.
11 Fish and chips became a national institution in Britain.
12 May Day has become a venerable institution.
13 The European Parliament is not an institution which excites interest in voters.
14 Marriage is a sacred institution.
15 Larry has been in an institution since he was four.