Example sentences for: involuntary

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

  • The passive voice of “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist” means that the government must be ever watchful, lest relationships of exploitation come into being.

  • Critics call it preposterous and filled with baffling inconsistencies, or as Roger Ebert writes, "[m]ovies like this are particularly vulnerable to logic" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). Words such as "ridiculous" and "absurd" pepper the reviews: It's "fire-and-brimstone bunk, a tired compendium of involuntary crucifixions, grim messages carved into human flesh, fly buzzings, ominous choral chants on the soundtrack and at least one head twisting" (Desson Howe, the Washington Post ). (Click here to find out how religious leaders persuaded the filmmakers to change the story's ending.)

  • Irrational anxiety, suggests the research, is learned, permanent, involuntary, and inaccessible to the conscious mind.

  • National outrage over Ashby's acquittal last week on charges of involuntary manslaughter encouraged Communist leader Armando Cossutta to demand the removal of American bases from Italian soil and generated an internal crisis within Italy's coalition government, La Repubblica reported.

  • Further, the visa is terminated at any time the H-2A worker's employment relationship ends, whether through voluntary departure or involuntary termination.


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