PROPOSITION in a Sentence
Learn PROPOSITION 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.
46 example sentences for PROPOSITION, such as:
1. You are coming to me with a business proposition.
2. She immediately threw cold water on the proposition.
3. The young man gave a clear proposition at the meeting.
4. It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
5. The proposition is so clear that it needs no explanation.
2. She immediately threw cold water on the proposition.
3. The young man gave a clear proposition at the meeting.
4. It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
5. The proposition is so clear that it needs no explanation.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PROPOSITION
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proposition
n. an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
v. suggest sex to
Classic Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1 He must think her a fool if he offered her a proposition like that, instead of the proposal of matrimony she had been expecting.
2 You are coming to me with a business proposition.
3 And yet, when I had the effrontery to make you this same proposition, you turned me out of the house.
4 Surely someone will turn up to accept your interesting proposition.
5 After this talk the man made inquiries concerning Jurgis, and a couple of days later he came to him with an interesting proposition.
6 There had come to Scully a proposition to nominate a certain rich brewer who lived upon a swell boulevard that skirted the district, and who coveted the big badge and the "honorable" of an alderman.
7 Scully had accepted the offer, and then gone to the Republicans with a proposition.
8 And when the auditor had asserted his non-comprehension, he would proceed to elucidate by some new proposition, yet more appalling.
9 Before the stranger could make any reply to this unexpected proposition, another horseman dashed the bushes aside, and leaped his charger into the pathway, in front of his companion.
10 A suppressed, but still distinct murmur of approbation ran through the crowd at this generous proposition; even the fiercest among the Delaware warriors manifesting pleasure at the manliness of the intended sacrifice.
11 The proposition pleased the two others, and they set out on their way together.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context Highlight In THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
Context Highlight In THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
12 As Franz had sufficient time, and his apartments at Rome were not yet available, he accepted the proposition.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
13 At Madame de Villefort's proposition he instantly winked his eyes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
Context Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
14 The procureur arose, delighted with the proposition, but his wife slightly changed color.
15 But I was bewildered, perplexed, and unable to arrange my ideas sufficiently to understand the full extent of his proposition.
Example Sentence:
1 Most people accept the proposition that we have a duty to protect endangered animals.
2 Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him.
3 The young man gave a clear proposition at the meeting.
4 The proposition is so clear that it needs no explanation.
5 It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
6 Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition.
7 She immediately threw cold water on the proposition.
8 Finding affordable housing can be a difficult proposition in many large cities.
9 It may be a matter of burying his head in the sand rather than facing the proposition of a church that's on the skids.