Example sentences for: behalf

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

  • Bob Packwood, who successfully lobbied on behalf of lumber mills and other small businesses for a cut in the estate tax.

  • Legal aid's volunteer lawyers work on behalf of low-income clients who often don't have access to the legal system.

  • Every man, they said, ought to be able to understand the law and act on his own behalf.

  • It is on their behalf that I accepted the award.

  • Meanwhile, not one of the feminist groups that clamored first for a Senate hearing for Anita Hill, and then for Clarence Thomas' head, has lifted a finger on behalf of Paula Jones.


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