Example sentences for: secession

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

  • They were Islamic terrorists promoting the secession of this remote southern swath of Serbia.

  • Hawaiians voted in favor of secession in a nonbinding referendum last year, but few expect the movement to succeed.

  • It joined the Dominion of Canada in 1871 on the understanding that the Canadian Pacific Railway would reach B.C. in the next decade (delay nearly caused secession).

  • Although Chechnya announced its independence before the U.S.S.R.'s collapse, Yeltsin did not invade to stop secession until 1994.

  • Seceder ( n .) Around 1758 a member of the Secession church.


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