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Example sentences for: petition

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

The court denied the petition.
Eventually, the letter states, the e-mail petition will be collected and presented to Congress and the president.
In general, Section 126 authorizes downwind States or political subdivisions to petition the Administrator to find that certain upwind sources emit air pollutants in amounts that contribute significantly to the petitioner's air pollution problems.
Wright's successful petition to Clinton for a better grade became, in Dan Rather's words, an illustration of her "long, often unfriendly, history with Bill Clinton."
One recommendation included in the Service's petition was adoption of Commission rules for reviewing on an expedited basis "service agreements with postal customers, varying from the general rate and classifications schedules in ways which add value both for the customer and for the postal system as a whole."