DECREE in a Sentence
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52 example sentences for DECREE, such as:
1. The government decreed that a new tax beimposed.
2. The Emperor issued the decree repealing martial law.
3. Napoleon I issues a decree and an army enters Russia.
4. An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.
5. Napoleon III issues a decree and the French go to Mexico.
2. The Emperor issued the decree repealing martial law.
3. Napoleon I issues a decree and an army enters Russia.
4. An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.
5. Napoleon III issues a decree and the French go to Mexico.
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Meanings and Examples of DECREE
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decree
v. issue a decree
v. decide with authority
Classic Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 After a while the Tsar's decree came: to set the merchant free and give him a compensation that had been awarded.
2 Napoleon III issues a decree and the French go to Mexico.
3 Napoleon I issues a decree and an army enters Russia.
4 Against such a decree there was no Delaware sufficiently hardy to murmur, much less oppose himself.
5 Not a limb was moved, nor was a breath drawn louder and longer than common, until the closing syllable of this final decree had passed the lips of Tamenund.
6 He announced that, by a special decree of Comrade Napoleon, 'Beasts of England' had been abolished.
7 As his last act upon earth, Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by death.
8 So he had put forth a decree that whosoever should be able to make her laugh should marry her.
9 I, in my stiff-necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it.
10 Alexey Alexandrovitch was immediately interested in the subject, and began seriously defending the new imperial decree against Princess Betsy, who had attacked it.
11 The treaty was signed three days ago at Bucharest; and the decree for our army to demobilize was issued yesterday.
12 There occur formidable hours in our civilization; there are moments when the penal laws decree a shipwreck.
13 Thine eyes shall see the city Lavinium, their promised home; thou shalt exalt to the starry heaven thy noble Aeneas; nor is my decree reversed.
14 Human or animal, the mystical brow is as that great golden seal affixed by the German Emperors to their decrees.
15 Her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an accident, in this respect resembling many other marriages which masquerade as the decrees of Fate.
Example Sentence:
1 An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.
2 This last clause is a thinly-veiled threat to those who might choose to ignore the decree.
3 The government had the power to legislate by emergency decree independently of Parliament.
4 The Emperor issued the decree repealing martial law.
5 The decree stopped short of a full declaration of independence.
6 The Russian Federation has issued a decree abolishing special privileges for government officials.
7 The decree is signed establishing the School for Primary School Teachers, which later becomes the National Teachers.
8 He intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor.
9 After the law is published in the coming days, Catalonia's regional president, Artur Mas, is expected to sign a decree formally convoking the referendum for Nov. 9.
10 Current fashion decrees that evening gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue.
11 The dictator decreed that his birthday would be a public holiday.
12 The government decreed that a new tax beimposed.
13 The emperor issued an edict decreeing that everyone should come see him model his magnificent new clothes.