WRIT in a Sentence

Learn WRIT 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.
Example sentences for WRIT, such as:
1. A writ was filed in the High Court.
2. He issued a writ against the newspaper.
3. Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.
4. The police showed him the writ of search before entering the house.
5. There's a sermon now, writ in high heaven, and the sun goes through it every year, and yet comes out of it all alive and hearty.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WRIT
writ
 n.  (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
Classic Sentence:
1  There's a sermon now, writ in high heaven, and the sun goes through it every year, and yet comes out of it all alive and hearty.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
2  So that to this hunter's wondrous skill, the proverbial evanescence of a thing writ in water, a wake, is to all desired purposes well nigh as reliable as the steadfast land.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
Example Sentence:
1  He issued a writ against the newspaper.
2  Creditors could obtain a writ for the arrest of their debtors.
3  A writ was filed in the High Court.
4  The police showed him the writ of search before entering the house.