LEGITIMATE in a Sentence
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37 example sentences for LEGITIMATE, such as:
1. It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.
2. There exists a legitimate prejudice against poachers.
3. If we must have a Jesus let us have a legitimate Jesus.
4. You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.
5. The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
2. There exists a legitimate prejudice against poachers.
3. If we must have a Jesus let us have a legitimate Jesus.
4. You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.
5. The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LEGITIMATE
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legitimate
v. show or affirm to be just and legitimate
a. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 The denunciator of success is the only legitimate executioner of the fall.
2 There exists a legitimate prejudice against poachers.
3 Laffitte, a sum of over half a million which he had lodged there, and which he had, moreover, and by perfectly legitimate means, acquired in his business.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
4 Marius' wrath against "Ursule," just and legitimate as it was, passed off.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII—THE VETERANS THEMSELVES CAN BE HAPPY
5 The same fury legitimate when directed against Terray and absurd when directed against Turgot.
6 The flower-beds accepted the legitimate royalty of the lilies; the most august of perfumes is that which emanates from whiteness.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
7 You know the direct, legitimate fruit of consciousness is inertia, that is, conscious sitting-with-the-hands-folded.
8 Quite lately, happening to meet a wounded French colonel on the road, Rostov had maintained with heat that peace was impossible between a legitimate sovereign and the criminal Bonaparte.
9 Having finished his tale about the enchanting Polish lady, the captain asked Pierre if he had ever experienced a similar impulse to sacrifice himself for love and a feeling of envy of the legitimate husband.
10 This legitimate peculiarity of each individual which used to excite and irritate Pierre now became a basis of the sympathy he felt for, and the interest he took in, other people.
11 If we must have a Jesus let us have a legitimate Jesus.
12 Nobody answered this question and Mary Jane led the table back to the legitimate opera.
13 It looked like a high-handed proceeding; but it was really a case of legitimate self-defense.
14 Thus adjured, Lily turned her eyes on the spectacle which was affording Mr. Dorset such legitimate mirth.
15 This we did by begging and stealing, whichever came handy in the time of need, the one being considered as legitimate as the other.
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
2 You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.
3 Culture will specify the relations that exist within the organisation and define what is to count as legitimate or illegitimate behaviour.
4 Very few of these cases involve plaintiffs afflicted with legitimate disabilities as most of us understand the term.
5 It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.
6 Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.
7 We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible.
8 He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense.
9 The government will not seek to disrupt the legitimate business activities of the defendant.
10 He would help legitimate homeowners who are facing foreclosure, but not offer help for speculators.
11 They can't distinguish between legitimate discs and pirated ones and despite their super-sensitive noses they still can't tell the difference between movies that are worth watching and the real stinkers.
12 He is not queasy about depicting mass violence, in some circumstances, as a legitimate instrument of social transformation.
13 He was moved to capture the skiff, arguing that it might be considered a ship and therefore legitimate prey for a pirate, but he knew a thorough search would be made for it and that might end in revelations.
14 As if loveliness were not the special prerogative of woman -- her legitimate appanage and heritage!
15 This loya jirga is intended to legitimize the power sharing arrangement set up in Bonn and begin to iron out at least some of the inequalities in representation.