OMISSION in a Sentence

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For OMISSION, below is one of 15 sentences:
Given Jill's previous slights, Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a studied insult.

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 Meanings and Examples of OMISSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
omission
 n.  act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty
Classic Sentence:
1  Once she would have thought this omission a mortal sin but, somehow, staying away from church did not seem so sinful now as it formerly had.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  Never once did he call for mother, wife, sister or sweetheart and this omission worried Carreen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  Only Carreen noticed the omission and looked up puzzled, as he began the Lord's Prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
4  There would have been a species of profanity in the omission, had this man passed so powerful a community of his fancied kindred, without bestowing some evidence of his regard.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
5  Tom turned in without the added vexation of prayers, and Sid made mental note of the omission.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  If I fail I shall, of course, incur all the blame due to this omission; but that I am prepared for.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
7  Having given orders in the commander-in-chief's name to rectify this omission, Prince Andrew galloped back.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XV
8  D'Artagnan related his story simply, with the omission of names.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
9  It were an omission not to say something on the subject of conspiracies, these being a source of much danger both to princes and to private men.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Example Sentence:
1  The omission of her name was not a deliberate act.
2  The play was shortened by the omission of two scenes.
3  The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission.
4  Several offences such as manslaughter may be committed by omission.
5  And will you consent to dispense with a great many conventional forms and phrases, without thinking that the omission arises from insolence?
6  Given Jill's previous slights, Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a studied insult.