Sentence Examples

1. He saw before him an officer delegated to enforce the law, and perfectly well knew that it would be as unavailing to seek pity from a magistrate decked with his official scarf, as to address a petition to some cold marble effigy.
2. When this latter petition was interpreted to the emperor, he seemed a little surprised, and said he believed I was the first of my countrymen who ever made any scruple in this point, and that he began to doubt whether I was a real Hollander or no but rather suspected that I must be a Christian.
3. For Calder to petition for marriage went completely against the nature of the man he had come to know over the years.
4. They only petition the King once the chief matters of the day have been heard.
5. Nana D planned to start a petition to have the councilman removed from office because of his sweaty hands.
6. Should he allow her to stay and hear his own petition, and the arguments that would flow forth because of it, or send her back to her room?
7. To this I added another petition, that for the sake of my patron the king of Luggnagg his majesty would condescend to excuse my performing the ceremony imposed on my countrymen of trampling upon the crucifix, because I had been thrown into his kingdom by my misfortunes, without any intention of trading.
8. This is the third occurrence of his favoritism in the last two months, which clearly explains why the petition to remove Ayrwick from office sooner than the end of this semester is gaining momentum.
9. My fears, however, were groundless, for he held up his two hands imploringly, and made his petition in a moving manner.
10. An inquiry into selection status is occurring as a result of the petition against Ramiro.