Example sentences for: waive

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

  • In 1786 Robert Burns used it in his poem, Epistle to a Young Friend, in which he, interestingly, warned against casual sexual indulgence: I waive the quantum o' the sin, / The hazard of concealing; / But, och! it hardens a' within, / And petrifies the feeling.

  • Under the international policy of diplomatic immunity, the diplomats cannot be prosecuted in America unless their governments waive immunity, which is highly unlikely.

  • But the law also allows the president to waive this rule on a case-by-case basis if doing so is in the "national interest."

  • (The U.S. has decided to waive even these in the case of Pakistan, but no such loan has actually been consummated yet.)

  • 5 (1973) (per curiam) (government not required by First Amendment or Due Process Clause to waive filing fee for welfare benefits litigation).


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