INITIATIVE in a Sentence
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116 example sentences for INITIATIVE, such as:
1. The initial letters alone are given.
2. I wish my son would show more initiative.
3. He believed in giving his staff scope for initiative.
4. State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
5. He had no genius for organizing, for initiative, or for order even.
2. I wish my son would show more initiative.
3. He believed in giving his staff scope for initiative.
4. State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
5. He had no genius for organizing, for initiative, or for order even.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of INITIATIVE
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initiative
n. readiness to embark on bold new ventures
n. the first of a series of actions
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1 The Under-world being in contact with machinery, which, however perfect, still needs some little thought outside habit, had probably retained perforce rather more initiative, if less of every other human character, than the Upper.
2 He had no genius for organizing, for initiative, or for order even.
3 Paris begins with the lounger and ends with the street Arab, two beings of which no other city is capable; the passive acceptance, which contents itself with gazing, and the inexhaustible initiative; Prudhomme and Fouillou.
4 His indignation was mounting, now that the initial hurt was subsiding.
5 Chris wanted those with initial letters in the corner, because he had never seen any before.
6 He felt vaguely that death must make a first choice of the men who were nearest; the initial morsels for the dragons would be then those who were following him.
7 The initial letters alone are given.
8 He regretted his initial plan, which had at first seemed so practical to him.
9 also now understood that the court was ashamed to summon those it accused to the attic of this building for the initial hearing, and why it preferred to impose upon them in their own homes.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context Highlight In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
Context Highlight In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
10 When she arrived at that letter the paralytic made her understand that she had spoken the initial letter of the thing he wanted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
Context Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
11 First, they can decipher all initial letters into political meanings.
12 "Here," he said; and he wrote the initial letters, w, y, t, m, i, c, n, b, d, t, m, n, o, t.
13 By the kings command, Maitre Corbeau was permitted to add a tail to his initial letter and to call himself Gorbeau.
14 The chief initial source of this was labor in the army, and his pay and bounty as a soldier.
15 ceases to be the initials of an individual and becomes the badge of a society.
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1 Although she was quite young, she showed a lot of initiative and was promoted to manager after a year.
2 Britain and Ireland announce a new peace initiative that would separate political talks from the disarmament issue.
3 Lawyers for Attorney General Dan Lungren argued that the initiative did not impose a lifetime ban.
4 I wish my son would show more initiative.
5 It is hoped that the government's initiative will bring the strike to an end.
6 The community centre was set up under the auspices of a government initiative.
7 The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger.
8 The research initiative is being undertaken by a group of environmentalists.
9 It is a very hierarchical company and there's little place for individual initiative.
10 It is hoped that the industry will respond positively to this new initiative.
11 Women frequently say that they feel awkward taking the initiative in sex.
12 He believed in giving his staff scope for initiative.
13 State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
14 I did not designate Mr. Irons as my representative, and as far as I know he acted on his own initiative and spoke for himself.
15 The child displayed great initiative in going to fetch apple from shelf.