INVITATION in a Sentence

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Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc.

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 Meanings and Examples of INVITATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
invitation
 n.  a request to participate, be present, or take part in something
 n.  action that causes or encourages something to happen
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Daisy, dear, I've sent an invitation to your friend, Mr. Laurence, for Thursday.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
2  No one could resist her persuasive nods, or the fragrant invitation issuing from the nose of the coffee pot.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
3  and one listener was so thrilled by the tender invitation that she longed to say she did know the land, and would joyfully depart thither whenever he liked.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
4  He rang, and despatched an invitation to Mrs. Fairfax, who soon arrived, knitting-basket in hand.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to her housekeeping, when an answer arrived which deferred it all.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  After sitting a little while with Jane, on Miss Bingley's appearance and invitation, the mother and three daughters all attended her into the breakfast parlour.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  Mrs. Bennet chose to consider it as given in compliment to her eldest daughter, and was particularly flattered by receiving the invitation from Mr. Bingley himself, instead of a ceremonious card.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  No scheme could have been more agreeable to Elizabeth, and her acceptance of the invitation was most ready and grateful.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
10  I have scarcely any hesitation in saying she will include you and my sister Maria in every invitation with which she honours us during your stay here.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 28
11  Mr. Collins's triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
12  The invitation was accepted of course, and at a proper hour they joined the party in Lady Catherine's drawing-room.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
13  I am much obliged to your ladyship for your kind invitation," replied Elizabeth, "but it is not in my power to accept it.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37
14  But the gloom of Lydia's prospect was shortly cleared away; for she received an invitation from Mrs. Forster, the wife of the colonel of the regiment, to accompany her to Brighton.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41
15  Mrs. Gardiner looked at her niece, desirous of knowing how she, whom the invitation most concerned, felt disposed as to its acceptance, but Elizabeth had turned away her head.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44
Example Sentence: (86 in 6 pages)
16  You rebuff his invitation so smoothly that he does not realize he is snubbed.
17  A door with too much space between the door and the frame is an invitation for the burglar to use a jimmy.
18  Thank you for your luncheon invitation for Sunday afternoon, January the tenth, at one o'clock.
19  If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.
20  I invite every citizen to carefully study the document.
21  Perhaps we should invite them to dinner.
22  If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government.
23  If you can't make it Friday, we can invite somebody else.
24  We are ready to invite you all to immerse in Mathematics for two weeks this summer.
25  Dismayed by his churlish behaviors at the party, the girls vowed never to invite him again.
26  As legend has it, there's only one way a vampire is able to enter your home - you have to invite him in.
27  Asks me to invite everybody to come to the funeral -- wants me to make 'em all welcome.
28  Several film stars were invited to add a touch of glamour to the occasion.
29  He was invited to lecture on American literature at our college.
30  I've been invited to meet with the American Ambassador.