Example sentences for: amnesty

How can you use “amnesty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The paper quotes the head of Amnesty International, who is from Senegal, as saying that "it seems to me that the international community, in terms of standards, is moving really ahead of the standards obtained in the United States today."

  • By the time the commission stopped accepting amnesty applications two weeks ago, it had received more than 8,000 requests.

  • The cops and soldiers seeking amnesty rarely tell the whole truth (they seldom admit to torture) and rarely apologize to their victims.

  • Spiro Agnew called Democrats the party of "acid, amnesty, and abortion."

  • Amnesty International lists 99 nations that have abolished the death penalty either in law or practice, and 94 that retain it, among them Afghanistan, China, Guatemala, Indonesia, both Koreas, Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and of course the United States.


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