PROBATION in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PROBATION, such as:
1. The judge did not jail the young man, but put him on probation for a year.
2. He was basically on probation from the moment he took over the chairmanship.
3. She knew the hour of her probation had come, and her poor heart beat wildly against its destiny.
2. He was basically on probation from the moment he took over the chairmanship.
3. She knew the hour of her probation had come, and her poor heart beat wildly against its destiny.
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Meanings and Examples of PROBATION
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probation
n. a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership
n. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court
Classic Sentence:
1 Men pass through such superhuman loves and outlive them: they are the probation subduing the heart to human joys.
2 She knew the hour of her probation had come, and her poor heart beat wildly against its destiny.
3 She knew that to Gerty and Mrs. Fisher she was only passing through a temporary period of probation, since they believed that the apprenticeship she was serving at Mme.
4 The system thus entered on, I pursued during the whole season of probation; and with the best success.
5 In the meanwhile, all around her showed that their present state was that of punishment and probation, and that it was their especial duty to suffer without sinning.
6 The silently growing assumption of this age is that the probation of races is past, and that the backward races of to-day are of proven inefficiency and not worth the saving.
7 Marriage licences and small probates were what we all looked for, and what paid us best; and the competition for these ran very high indeed.
Example Sentence:
1 He was basically on probation from the moment he took over the chairmanship.
2 The judge did not jail the young man, but put him on probation for a year.