Example sentences for: opportunity

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

  • Employers have been cracking down on illegal workers to deliver a blow to the unions that have been recruiting and organizing these workers, according to the LAT . An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policy released in October protects all workers, including those without papers, but a) employers do not have to rehire illegal workers, even if they were fired wrongly and b) the workers themselves are afraid to unionize, for fear of being fired or deported.

  • Johnson's idea of opportunity ranges from the unobjectionable--like giving banks better software for mortgage applications--to a bunch of new subsidies, many of which, sadly, Clinton and the Republican Congress may enact.

  • Jazz forward Karl Malone, who edged out Jordan in this year's vote for the league's Most Valuable Player, gave Jordan the game-winning opportunity by bricking two free throws with nine seconds left.

  • America is as famous for economic opportunity and class mobility as it is for its legacy of racial oppression.

  • And no sooner had I begun to enjoy my Slateness than glorious erotic opportunity went a-glimmering.


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