ELECTION in a Sentence

Learn ELECTION 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.

For ELECTION, below is one of 290 sentences:
The district marshals walked carrying plates, on which were balls, from their tables to the high table, and the election began.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELECTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
election
 n.  voting, balloting; right or ability to make a choice
Classic Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
1  A week before Scarlett and Rhett announced their engagement, an election for governor had been held.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  The election had lasted three days instead of one.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
3  Scarlett, with her usual disregard of all matters not directly under her nose, had scarcely known an election was being held.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
4  Rhett had taken no part in the election and his relations with the Yankees were no different from what they had always been.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  I'm working harder than I ever worked with a shovel in the gold rush, trying to help get the election organized.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
6  It doesn't matter a damn to me who wins this election.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
7  And when the election came, despite the frantic efforts of the Republicans, Georgia once more had a Democratic governor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
8  Now and then, the election was very close, and that was the time the poor man came in.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  It gave them pleasure to believe this, for Scully stood as the people's man, and boasted of it boldly when election day came.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
10  Also election day came round again, and Jurgis made half a week's wages out of that, all net profit.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
11  It was a very close election that year, and the echoes of the battle reached even to Packingtown.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
12  But I doubt if they had more meaning in them than an election cry, and I cannot suggest a darker picture of her state of mind.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
13  The sixth day was fixed for the election of the marshal of the province.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 27
14  They were to proceed immediately to the election.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 28
15  The district marshals walked carrying plates, on which were balls, from their tables to the high table, and the election began.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 30
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  She was too young to vote in the national election.
17  He lost the election because of the protest vote.
18  They should wait for the most propitious moment between now and the next election.
19  With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
20  In my humble opinion, he will win the election.
21  A clear agenda will win votes in the next election.
22  They canvassed for her and helped her to win this election.
23  They are expected to win the election with ease.
24  The media's coverage of the election has been skewed from the very beginning.
25  The prime minister may decide to call an early election.
26  It is the Prime Minister's prerogative to decide when to call an election.
27  He called for a campaign of civil disobedience if the president did not honour the election results.
28  The party chairman accused the opposition of dirty tricks in their election campaign.
29  It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
30  Their victory was largely a result of their brilliantly orchestrated election campaign.