Sentencedict.com
 Directly to word page Vague search(google)
Home > Petition in a sentence

Petition in a sentence

  up(5)  down(7)
Sentence count:207+10Posted:2017-02-23Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: appealdemandplearequestrequisitionSimilar words: competitioncompetitivepractitionerappetitecompetitorconstitutional conventionfactitiousfictitiousMeaning: [pɪ'tɪʃn]  n. 1. a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority 2. reverent petition to a deity. v. write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing. 
Random good picture Not show
91. McVeigh had one month after his execution date was set to file a clemency petition.
92. A dissenting shareholder should lodge his opposition at the meeting of shareholders and should also appear at the hearing of the petition.
93. The current barrier was installed in 1972, after residents submitted a petition saying the open road caused traffic hazards.
94. He was imprisoned for six months, during which time his mother circulated a petition among Wichita Falls residents.
95. Thousands signed a petition which saved it from closure a year ago.
96. No one expects the petition to amend the indenture to Barnes' will to get a court hearing before June.
97. Some 120 children and parents have signed a petition which is now being sent to Scarborough Council.
98. Mr Devaty was sentenced in August to 20 months in jail on charges of incitement connected with the petition.
99. Except in divorce proceedings, commencement by petition is now very rare.
100. Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law.
101. The Lord President of the Privy Council acting on behalf of the visitor rejected the petition.
102. Judge Guzman rejected a defence petition to have the 85-year-old declared medically unfit for trial.
103. The judgment not being satisfied, the bank presented a bankruptcy petition against B alone for the whole debt.
104. She filed in the fall of 1989, and at that time, her former husband did not contest the petition.
105. He had committed an act of bankruptcy and a petition had been presented.
106. Then the women draw up a petition and go from house to house explaining the problem and collecting signatures.
107. Still others petition for improved playgrounds in their town and extended hours at their local library.
108. Fnac is asking its customers to sign a petition opposing the proposals to reintroduce r.p.m. on books.
109. Pool petition: Around 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a swimming pool in Bedale.
110. A bankruptcy petition based on that demand was issued on 20 September.
111. Ironically[sentencedict.com], Perot could have avoided the petition process in Maine had he decided to form his party sooner.
112. Forty business people, the story added, had signed a protest petition.
113. Apart from one passing reference to the Statute of Labourers, social grievances do not appear in the petition.
114. Kirkpatrick wants to represent himself and has asked for a lawyer to assist him, according to the petition filed Thursday.
115. Read in studio A woman widowed by a drunken driver has collected a fifty thousand signature petition demanding tougher sentences for offenders.
116. If the petition is advertised,[http://sentencedict.com/petition.html] more creditors may jump on the bandwagon.
117. However, the liberal California court defended the right of teachers to petition for redress of grievances.
118. A petition calling for action to improve the safety of the London Road was launched this week.
119. Quinn said he told Holder he was sending Rich's petition to the White House.
120. August 14, 1976 Varga announces that 17, 000 recall petition signatures have been collected.
More similar words: competitioncompetitivepractitionerappetitecompetitorconstitutional conventionfactitiousfictitioussuperstitiousadventitioussurreptitioussurreptitiouslycompletioninstitutionrestitutionaccretioneditiontuitionconstitutiondiscretionvolitionambitionauditionfruitionseditionadditionpositioninstitutionalrenditioncoalition
Total 207, 30 Per page  4/7  «first  pre  next  last»  goto
Leave a comment
Welcome to leave a comment about this page!
Your name:
Latest commentsInto the comment page>>
More words