VOLUNTARY in a Sentence
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35 example sentences for VOLUNTARY, such as:
1. He made a complete voluntary confession.
2. She is a voluntary worker at the hospital.
3. He made a voluntary statement to the police.
4. Attendance on the course is purely voluntary.
5. The organization is run on a voluntary basis.
2. She is a voluntary worker at the hospital.
3. He made a voluntary statement to the police.
4. Attendance on the course is purely voluntary.
5. The organization is run on a voluntary basis.
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Meanings and Examples of VOLUNTARY
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voluntary
a. of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
n. (military) a person who freely enlists for service
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
2 The rest of its features were voluntary, and they were these.
3 Then she could gradually rise up to the genuine satisfaction of having a partner, a voluntary partner, secured against the dancing began.
4 You have a claim on me: not only as the voluntary bearer of this intelligence, but as a woman lost almost beyond redemption.
5 With regard to Captain Wentworth, though Anne hazarded no enquiries, there was voluntary communication sufficient.
6 He made a complete voluntary confession.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7 My present situation was one in which all voluntary thought was swallowed up and lost.
8 'My son's great capacity was tempted on, there, by a feeling of voluntary emulation and conscious pride,' the fond lady went on to say.
9 The actions of Napoleon and Alexander, on whose words the event seemed to hang, were as little voluntary as the actions of any soldier who was drawn into the campaign by lot or by conscription.
10 This unexpected and, as it seemed to Nicholas, quite voluntary letter from Sonya freed him from the knot that fettered him and from which there had seemed no escape.
11 He had not known either the one or the other, and a sort of voluntary night had obscured his eyes.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
12 It regulated its pace by that of the first; but in the voluntary slowness of its gait, suppleness and agility were discernible.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
13 My voluntary confession of the assassination at Auteuil proved to him that I had not committed that of which I stood accused.
14 I say scarcely voluntary, for it seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting to their utterance: something spoke out of me over which I had no control.
15 Selden understood the symptoms: he recognized the fact that he was paying up, as there had always been a chance of his having to pay up, for the voluntary exclusions of his past.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
2 Attention is drawn to a special voluntary course in Commercial French.
3 As a woman of independent means, she spent most of her life in voluntary work.
4 She is a voluntary worker at the hospital.
5 Attendance on the course is purely voluntary.
6 These examples serve to indicate that the voluntary sector in sport is very diverse.
7 The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code.
8 The company hopes the job cuts will be made through natural wastage and voluntary redundancy.
9 The organization depended heavily on voluntary help.
10 The organization is run on a voluntary basis.
11 Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.
12 The staff have agreed to a voluntary wage freeze.
13 He made a voluntary statement to the police.
14 So far, the company says, more than 13,000 employees have taken voluntary redundancy or agreed to retire early.
15 To express their gratitude, patients provided a more-or-less voluntary gratuity.