CANCEL in a Sentence

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For CANCEL, below is one of 50 sentences:
Great, therefore, was the astonishment when at the end of the month, he cancelled all his obligations with his usual punctuality.

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 Meanings and Examples of CANCEL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cancel
 v.  revoke; call off; omit or delete
Classic Sentence:
1  It is not usual to cancel articles for any such reason.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
2  Their capture would paralyze the North and more than cancel off the defeat on the Mississippi.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  Fifty francs was not sufficient to cancel this debt.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII—MADAME VICTURNIEN EXPENDS THIRTY FRANCS ON M...
4  Great, therefore, was the astonishment when at the end of the month, he cancelled all his obligations with his usual punctuality.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
5  Then taking up his account book, he cancelled with the greatest care all the entries of the amounts he had just paid away.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
6  In her death she winged her way back to her calm untroubled youth, and cancelled all the rest.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
7  All the great words, it seemed to Connie, were cancelled for her generation: love, joy, happiness, home, mother, father, husband, all these great, dynamic words were half dead now, and dying from day to day.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  I thought today's fete had been canceled.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
16  All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather.
17  She cancelled her trip to Paris.
18  The trip was cancelled through lack of interest.
19  Our projected visit had to be cancelled.
20  It's raining, which presumably means that your football match will be cancelled.
21  The event has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
22  If the contract is cancelled, it'll be a catastrophe for everyone concerned.
23  Due to lack of response the event has been cancelled.
24  The original orders were cancelled and I was given fresh instructions.
25  The heavy expenses involved in his marriage celebration cancelled out the possible pleasure he'd have.
26  The wedding was cancelled at the last minute.
27  She cancelled her order for a pizza.
28  I'm sorry to say that the project's funding has been cancelled.
29  A senior leader cancelled a trip to Britain yesterday amid growing signs of a possible political crisis.
30  The concert was cancelled at a very late stage.