Example sentences for: granted

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

  • In 1872, one momentous decree abolished the 350-year-old institution of slavery in Puerto Rico, and in 1897 Spain cut the colonial ties and finally granted the island autonomy.

  • The fact that your household has been just the two of you since he was 7 years old may mean that he's had to wrestle with his Oedipal feelings that his little-boy wish for his father to be removed was granted.

  • Portugal finally began to pull itself out of the long and fruitless struggle against revolutionaries in its African colonies, and granted independence to the remaining members of its empire in 1975.

  • The Bush administration, however, granted waivers to the sanctions that soon put most of the contracts back on track.

  • Putin, who wants a victory to boost his own prospects, granted it, essentially castrating the civilian defense ministry and subordinating the interior ministry.


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