APPOINT in a Sentence

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275 example sentences for APPOINT, such as:

1. He was appointed to a position of trust.
2. They have appointed Smith/a new manager.
3. He was appointed to act as the executor.
4. We've appointed three new teachers this year.
5. She has recently been appointed to the bench.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPOINT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
appoint
 v.  assign a job or role to someone; designate; nominate
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The day was completed and crowned in a peculiarly satisfactory way: Becky teased her mother to appoint the next day for the long-promised and long-delayed picnic, and she consented.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
2  At last he arrived in Rome, where the Pope had just died, and there was great doubt among the cardinals as to whom they should appoint as his successor.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE THREE LANGUAGES
3  O comrades, for not now nor aforetime are we ignorant of ill, O tried by heavier fortunes, unto this last likewise will God appoint an end.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
4  I appoint to these neither period nor boundary of empire: I have given them dominion without end.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK FIRST
5  The people alone can appoint the form of the commonwealth, which is by constituting the legislative, and appointing in whose hands that shall be.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
6  The President might also appoint assistant commissioners in the seceded States, and to all these offices military officials might be detailed at regular pay.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
7  But I told Traddles, and Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, that before I could think of leaving, they must appoint a day when they would come and dine with me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27. TOMMY TRADDLES
8  Write and appoint the evening after to-morrow, at seven, for the meeting.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  He appointed to meet them at a public-house, whither Candide and the faithful Cacambo went with their two sheep, and awaited his coming.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XIX
10  I was appointed chaplain to the French Ambassador at Constantinople.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVIII
11  The Bishop sent for him, reproved him gently, and appointed him beadle in the cathedral.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION
12  , the services which he had rendered to the district were so dazzling, the opinion of the whole country round about was so unanimous, that the King again appointed him mayor of the town.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MADELEINE
13  In this prison at Arras there is an ex-convict named Brevet, who is detained for I know not what, and who has been appointed turnkey of the house, because of good behavior.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP
14  The docket of the session was very heavy; the president had appointed for the same day two short and simple cases.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
15  He had been appointed mayor, in recognition of his services.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
Example Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
16  The oldest general was appointed marshal of the armies.
17  The decorator appointed the hotel with ultramodern furnishings.
18  At a meeting of the Committee appointed to enquire into the Complaints made by the Officers of this Institution.
19  A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.
20  They have appointed Smith/a new manager.
21  He was appointed United Nation High Commissioner for refugees.
22  He was appointed to a position of trust.
23  She has recently been appointed to the bench.
24  She has recently been appointed to the committee.
25  A new chief of the security forces has just been appointed.
26  A troubleshooter is being appointed to make the prison service more efficient.
27  We've appointed three new teachers this year.
28  He was appointed ambassador to the United States.
29  He was appointed to superintend the toy department.
30  He was appointed to act as the executor.