REQUEST in a Sentence

Learn REQUEST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
262 example sentences for REQUEST, such as:
1. He made no mention of your request.
2. I request that you should come early.
3. Further information is available on request.
4. We received a negative answer to our request.
5. Much surprised by the request, I took the note.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of REQUEST
request
 v.  ask (a person) to do something
 v.  express the need or desire for; ask for
Classic Sentence: (209 in 14 pages)
1  After a long pause of reflection I concluded that the justice due both to him and my fellow creatures demanded of me that I should comply with his request.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
2  Be happy, my friend; and if you obey me in this one request, remain satisfied that nothing on earth will have the power to interrupt my tranquillity.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
3  When actuated by selfish and vicious motives, I asked you to undertake my unfinished work, and I renew this request now, when I am only induced by reason and virtue.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  At the request of Mr. Gatsby we are going to play for you Mr. Vladimir Tostoff's latest work which attracted so much attention at Carnegie Hall last May.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  I'm going to make a big request of you today," he said, pocketing his souvenirs with satisfaction, "so I thought you ought to know something about me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  I was sure the request would be something utterly fantastic and for a moment I was sorry I'd ever set foot upon his overpopulated lawn.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  My father certainly could mean nothing more by his request to me than what you say.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without waiting to have her request of admittance answered, opened the door and walked in with a look of real concern.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
10  When there, at her own particular request, for she was impatient to pour forth her thanks to him for fetching her mother, Colonel Brandon was invited to visit her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46
11  You are to understand, first, that it is the request of the person from whom I take my instructions that you always bear the name of Pip.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
12  Of course I felt my good faith involved in the observance of his request.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
13  Much surprised by the request, I took the note.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIV
14  At his particular request, I appointed to call for him at the Castle at half past eight on Monday morning, and so we parted for the time.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LV
15  My mother was too much afraid of her to refuse compliance with this odd request, if she had any disposition to do so.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  She left her address with a request that any mail should be sent on to her.
2  We received a negative answer to our request.
3  A detailed list of our publications is available on request.
4  Further information is available on request.
5  A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
6  I request that you should come early.
7  You can either write or phone to request a copy.
8  The request for money made them feel uncomfortable.
9  Please indicate your request on the booking form.
10  They have made an urgent request for international aid.
11  They are likely to respond positively to the President's request for aid.
12  He was there at the request of his manager / at his manager's request.
13  We request the pleasure of your company at the marriage of our daughter Lisa.
14  He made no mention of your request.
15  At Miss Garbo's request there was a crema-tion after a private ceremony.