PETITION in a Sentence
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53 example sentences for PETITION, such as:
1. He petitioned for a retrial in camera.
2. The petition finished, Villefort read it aloud.
3. They petitioned the government to reduce taxes.
4. Petya no longer thought of presenting his petition.
5. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed.
2. The petition finished, Villefort read it aloud.
3. They petitioned the government to reduce taxes.
4. Petya no longer thought of presenting his petition.
5. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed.
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Meanings and Examples of PETITION
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petition
n. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
v. write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 But what I say is," he said, turning to Rostov, "it would be best simply to petition the Emperor for pardon.
2 The auditor wrote out a petition for you," continued Tushin, "and you ought to sign it and ask this gentleman to take it.
3 In it was the petition to the Emperor drawn up by the auditor, in which Denisov, without alluding to the offenses of the commissariat officials, simply asked for pardon.
4 Rostov had come to Tilsit the day least suitable for a petition on Denisov's behalf.
5 "To hand in a letter, a petition, to His Majesty," said Nicholas, with a tremor in his voice.
6 Petya no longer thought of presenting his petition.
7 Get up, and don't be a goose, Jo, was the cavalier reply to her petition.
8 Every one was speechless with surprise at seeing a man there, but Ulysses began at once with his petition.
9 She had obtained private intelligence that Mr. Darcy did not wish for cards; and Mr. Hurst soon found even his open petition rejected.
10 He had the cunning to unlock and re-lock the door, without shutting it; and when he should have gone to bed, he begged to sleep with Hareton, and his petition was granted for once.
11 Villefort dictated a petition, in which, from an excellent intention, no doubt, Dantes' patriotic services were exaggerated, and he was made out one of the most active agents of Napoleon's return.
12 The petition finished, Villefort read it aloud.
13 This petition to Napoleon, kept back by Villefort, had become, under the second restoration, a terrible weapon against him in the hands of the king's attorney.
14 Mr. Micawber had stated his idea of this petition to the club, and the club had strongly approved of the same.
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15 In due time, Mr. Micawber's petition was ripe for hearing; and that gentleman was ordered to be discharged under the Act, to my great joy.
Example Sentence:
1 Councillors were presented with a petition calling for more money to be spent on policing the area.
2 All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed.
3 I signed a petition against the proposed closure of the local hospital today.
4 The workers are getting up a petition for tighter safety standards.
5 They wanted me to sign a petition against experiments on animals.
6 People donate money, put their names to a petition urging governments to do more to fight AIDS.
7 This funeral stopped the further growth of one thing -- the petition to the governor for Injun Joe's pardon.
8 She is convinced that he will abandon her once he gets his green card because he is having an extramarital affair, so my sister wants to drop him from the petition.
9 She harried the authorities, writing letters and getting up petitions.
10 The group circulated petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.
11 Tokyo was plunged into two "lost" decades of stagnation after it prevented zombie companies from declaring bankruptcy – even blocking petitions from bondholders in the courts - when a property collapse exposed debts many times the value of their businesses.
12 He petitioned for a retrial in camera.
13 They petitioned the government to reduce taxes.
14 Bessie had been down into the kitchen, and she brought up with her a tart on a certain brightly painted china plate, whose bird of paradise, nestling in a wreath of convolvuli and rosebuds, had been wont to stir in me a most enthusiastic sense of admiration; and which plate I had often petitioned to be allowed to take in my hand in order to examine it more closely, but had always hitherto been deemed unworthy of such a privilege.