REVOKE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for REVOKE, such as:
1. He tried to revoke the ban on smoking.
2. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
3. Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.
2. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
3. Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.
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Meanings and Examples of REVOKE
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revoke
v. cancel officially
v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so
Classic Sentence:
1 Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.
2 And to be commanded we do consent, when that society, whereof we be a part, hath at any time before consented, without revoking the same after by the like universal agreement.
Example Sentence:
1 He tried to revoke the ban on smoking.
2 This was revoked after the scandals of the clean hands bribery scandal which caused a political earthquake at the time in a country where it had become the norm for businessmen to bribe politicians, but now it is back to square one.
3 The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.