Example sentences for: dues

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

  • They have practically no pheasants or partridges to shoot at anymore, and they are fiercely protective of the birds put down in the countryside in February by the shooting associations to which they pay their dues.

  • 5 billion in back dues it owes the United Nations, and supported a special international court to prosecute crimes against humanity.

  • The union czars lived fat on union dues: In the mid-'80s, president Jackie Presser squandered $650,000 on a party where he costumed himself as a Roman emperor and entered on a litter borne aloft by four muscled men.

  • Overall, considering both the negative effect on expenses associated with the exchange of mail to the ICs and the positive effect on expenses associated with the exchange of mail to DCs, the implication of this analysis is that a switch from the terminal dues system in effect in FY 2000 to a domestic postage-based system would have a negative effect on the Postal Service of about $59.

  • A NYT editorial calls on Congress to act responsibly in regards to another state of arrears: The U.S. legally owes the UN $1 billion in back dues.


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