Example sentences for: opportunity

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

  • But the American land of opportunity that goes reeling by in the background turns out to be a nightmare of free-floating violence and organized fascism (brilliantly imagined, by the way), until the America of A Cool Million has outdone in scariness even the America of Kafka's Amerika . West's hero loses his thumb, his teeth, his leg, his scalp, and his nose; and the creepier his sufferings become, the funnier is the book, sad to say.

  • Rather than equalize opportunity, the SAT turns the uppermost percentile into a privileged class and perpetuates the educational disadvantage of other test-takers.

  • You can be assured that a donation to the Girl Scouts is a sound investment opportunity.

  • While awaiting my licensure to practice dental hygiene, I have had the opportunity to look back upon my education at Indiana University School of Dentistry.

  • President Clinton appointed an advisory board and gave a speech to promote racial reconciliation . The coverage praised the theme but doubted the practical results, noting Clinton's toning-down of earlier speech drafts and his failure to propose solutions other than affirmative action and more money for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.


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