Example sentences for: petitions

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

  • Kaiser obviously lusts for the Old Times as he repeatedly calls for "authoritative journalism" and higher journalistic "standards," and petitions Post ies to be more intellectual and creative.

  • The court receives thousands of petitions asking it to review lower-court decisions every year.

  • But yesterday, reports the Times , the Supremes struck down Colorado's laws requiring that circulators of initiative petitions be registered to vote in the state and wear identifying badges, and have their name, address and pay on file.

  • Eleven of them filed divorce petitions -the first step to getting divorced.

  • It is easy to imagine that an Internet movement could spring up to oppose, for example, Vermont's gay-marriage ruling: A drive targeted at conservatives could collect thousands of electronic petitions in no time and solicit contributions for anti-gay marriage politicians.


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