OBJECTION in a Sentence

Learn OBJECTION 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.

368 example sentences for OBJECTION, such as:

1. There could not be an objection.
2. We were all too polite to object.
3. The object was a dim blur in the moonlight.
4. A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset.
5. The microscope magnified the object two hundred times.

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 Meanings and Examples of OBJECTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
objection
 n.  act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "I have no objection," Lestrade answered, seating himself.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  Matrimony was her object, provided she could marry well: and having seen Mr. Bertram in town, she knew that objection could no more be made to his person than to his situation in life.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  Lady Bertram made no objection; and every one concerned in the going was forward in expressing their ready concurrence, excepting Edmund, who heard it all and said nothing.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  No objection was made, but for some time there seemed no inclination to move in any plan, or to any distance.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Their mother had no objection to the plan, and they were not in the least afraid of their father's disapprobation.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  After a moment's thought, Miss Crawford calmly replied, "As far as I am concerned, I can have no objection to anything that you all think eligible."
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  Always some little objection, some little doubt, some little anxiety to be got over.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  The prudence of this line of action, indeed, was obvious; but, unfortunately, there was one very strong objection to its being adopted.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  'I have no objection to your calling in your friend if I may call in mine,' said the doctor.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
10  'Then I do,' said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection to the girl going where she listed.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
11  Yes; it is in two points offensive to me; I have two strong grounds of objection to it.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  "I have not the smallest objection on that account," replied Anne.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  There could not be an objection.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
14  Sir Walter made no objection, and Elizabeth did nothing worse than look cold and unconcerned.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
15  She wondered at the lateness of his call, but had no objection to see him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed
Example Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
16  CenterLine's software can now define object classes with Objectivity/DB and interactively access Objectivity/DB objects.
17  She tried to object, but the director slapped her down.
18  The object of their expedition was to discover the source of the River Nile.
19  Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object.
20  The rapid movement of an object towards the eye triggers the blink reflex.
21  My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys Ican scarcely hope to make.
22  The microscope magnified the object two hundred times.
23  The object of the game is to improve children's math skills.
24  This method involves cutting a very thin slice from the object.
25  A fool attempting to be witty is an object of profoundest pity.
26  She tried to object, but the chairman slapped her down.
27  The object was a dim blur in the moonlight.
28  A bright moving object appeared in the sky at sunset.
29  Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
30  We were all too polite to object.