Example sentences for: ultimatum

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

  • President Bush told the Washington Post that he considered having Powell deliver the ultimatum to the Taliban, but determined it would have more impact coming directly from the president.

  • They sailed into what is now Kingston Bay in May 1655 and sent an ultimatum to the capital.

  • He reiterated the ultimatum that had already been conveyed privately."

  • For Clarke's ideas, see NSC memo, Clarke to Sheehan and Hull, "Ultimatum Strategy with the Taliban," Nov. 25, 2000.

  • Another possibility, short of putting U.S. personnel on the ground, was to issue a blunt ultimatum to the Taliban, backed by a readiness to at least launch an indefinite air campaign to disable that regime's limited military capabilities and tip the balance in Afghanistan's ongoing civil war.


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