Example sentences for: reserving

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

  • It does not mandate castration, instead reserving it for repeat offenders who seek the treatment.

  • I am myself conventionally "pro-choice," but I would think it a dubious procedure to make that the criterion of when it was illegitimate to invoke the Holocaust, reserving the mantle of legitimacy for causes--like humanitarian intervention, or the promotion of brotherhood and tolerance--of which I approve.

  • It is high time that brahman be so spelt when the caste is implied, reserving Brahman when `the Absolute' is meant.

  • Two months later, he assailed George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism," declaring, "Compassion means reserving the surplus until we save Social Security first ...

  • The Secret Service secures an entire hotel floor, reserving elevators and guarding the entrance to the president's suite.


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