PROPOSITION in a Sentence

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For PROPOSITION, below is one of 46 sentences:
He must think her a fool if he offered her a proposition like that, instead of the proposal of matrimony she had been expecting.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROPOSITION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
proposition
 n.  plan suggested for acceptance; a matter to be dealt with; subject for discussion or analysis
Classic Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  He must think her a fool if he offered her a proposition like that, instead of the proposal of matrimony she had been expecting.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  You are coming to me with a business proposition.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
3  And yet, when I had the effrontery to make you this same proposition, you turned me out of the house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  Surely someone will turn up to accept your interesting proposition.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
5  After this talk the man made inquiries concerning Jurgis, and a couple of days later he came to him with an interesting proposition.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
6  There had come to Scully a proposition to nominate a certain rich brewer who lived upon a swell boulevard that skirted the district, and who coveted the big badge and the "honorable" of an alderman.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
7  Scully had accepted the offer, and then gone to the Republicans with a proposition.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
8  And when the auditor had asserted his non-comprehension, he would proceed to elucidate by some new proposition, yet more appalling.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
9  Before the stranger could make any reply to this unexpected proposition, another horseman dashed the bushes aside, and leaped his charger into the pathway, in front of his companion.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
10  A suppressed, but still distinct murmur of approbation ran through the crowd at this generous proposition; even the fiercest among the Delaware warriors manifesting pleasure at the manliness of the intended sacrifice.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
11  The proposition pleased the two others, and they set out on their way together.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
12  As Franz had sufficient time, and his apartments at Rome were not yet available, he accepted the proposition.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
13  At Madame de Villefort's proposition he instantly winked his eyes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
14  The procureur arose, delighted with the proposition, but his wife slightly changed color.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 60. The Telegraph.
15  But I was bewildered, perplexed, and unable to arrange my ideas sufficiently to understand the full extent of his proposition.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
Example Sentence:
1  Most people accept the proposition that we have a duty to protect endangered animals.
2  Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him.
3  The young man gave a clear proposition at the meeting.
4  The proposition is so clear that it needs no explanation.
5  It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
6  Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition.
7  She immediately threw cold water on the proposition.
8  Finding affordable housing can be a difficult proposition in many large cities.
9  It may be a matter of burying his head in the sand rather than facing the proposition of a church that's on the skids.