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Example sentences for: sanction

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

Would not use food as a unilateral sanction or diplomatic weapon.
It seems reasonable to assume that racquetball will prevail and that paddle-ball will eventually lose its official sanction and will be confined to a few die-hard eccentrics.
Religious institutions are free to sanction such relationships under any rules they choose.
The cultural perception of what is taboo changes, from the Victorian avoidance of a word like leg , to the current sanction of television advertising of gear for the incontinent and menstruating, to the blatant public discussion of rape, incest, and other actions formerly anathema.
And a chance to remove trade disputes from the cycle of unilateral sanction and subsequent retaliation would be lost as well.