Example sentences for: propositions

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

  • The fact that nothing in this movie bears any relation to the basic cause-and-effect propositions of earthly life suggests a conscious stupidity on the part of the filmmakers that may, in fact, be a guiding aesthetic.

  • Leading prohibitionist spokesmen like McCaffrey and Lungren campaigned vigorously against the propositions.

  • There is, he says, "no straight line from these propositions to the solution of any real-life problem; they are of no help and do no work except the non-directing work of telling you that you are on your own."

  • If you are a man, you must either kill or turn the tables on anyone who propositions you with threats of force.

  • It works this way: You are given a piece of paper listing the candidates and propositions (a "ballot"), you indicate your choices using a device called (we believe) a "felt-tipped pen," then you deposit the piece of paper through a slot in a large container called a "ballot box."


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