14 example sentences using petition.
Petition used in a sentence
Petition in a sentence as a noun
If you want this to pass, don't sign the petition, and don't email or write your congresscritter.
This is the third or fourth petition with a massive, lengthy non-answer I've seen pop up on the site.
This idea of petitioning Oracle would be comical were it not so pathetic.
It simply did what it does on over 99% of such discretionary petitions: it used its discretion to deny it.
Now that they write a joke response to a joke petition, it would be nice to see a serious response to a serious petition.
So now is the time to identify the federal prosecutors who filed this and petition the government to have them fired.
Like most online petitions it will accomplish little without a sustained campaign from many directions.
Petition in a sentence as a verb
"This petition has the same problem most petitions submitted to the White House have--its factual premise is incorrect.
Thus, in denying Soverain's petition, the Court did nothing more than say that this particular petition did not present important issues of the kind that warranted its attention.
The prisoner can petition for parole every year during forvaring, but there is no limit to the possibility of extension, so forvaring effectively allows for life in prison.
However, from the Supreme Court's point of view, the kind of petition filed by Soverain is to be granted, and a case heard, only when it has significance far beyond whatever impact it might have on any private litigant.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The analogous movements of today has unprecedented access to spreading their ideas through blogs and websites and social media and petition sites and collaboration services and who knows what else - most of it available instantly and almost or entirely free.
First Amendment to the US Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Petition definitions
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
See also: request postulation
write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing