CANCELLATION in a Sentence

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Then taking up his account book, he cancelled with the greatest care all the entries of the amounts he had just paid away.

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 Meanings and Examples of CANCELLATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cancellation
 n.  act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
Classic Sentence:
1  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.
2  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.
3  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
4  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
5  It is not usual to cancel articles for any such reason.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
6  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
7  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...
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  The wedding was cancelled at the last minute.
17  She cancelled her order for a pizza.
18  I'm sorry to say that the project's funding has been cancelled.
19  A senior leader cancelled a trip to Britain yesterday amid growing signs of a possible political crisis.
20  The concert was cancelled at a very late stage.
21  It looks like Alice Hoffman wisely thought to retreat from the field and suspended or cancelled her account.
22  The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances.
23  That being the case, we have to cancel off the plan.
24  There is normally no refund should a client choose to cancel.
25  It is vitally important to cancel the order immediately.
26  Don't forget to cancel the newspaper before going away.
27  I will have to cancel this afternoon's class - I'm sorry it's such short notice.
28  Oh well, we'll just have to cancel the holiday, I suppose.
29  The best option would be to cancel the trip altogether.
30  For some inexplicable reason, he's decided to cancel the project.