STIPULATE in a Sentence

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Although we appeared at the stipulated place a quarter of an hour before the time, we found Mr. Micawber already there.

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 Meanings and Examples of STIPULATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
stipulate
 v.  specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement
Classic Sentence:
1  He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation more comfortable than it was in his power to do.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
2  It fell to his lot, now, to stipulate for secrecy.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
3  We must have had some, because Dora stipulated that we were never to be married without her papa's consent.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
4  All that she, Mrs. Crupp, stipulated for, was, that she should not be 'brought in contract' with such persons.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. MY AUNT ASTONISHES ME
5  Although we appeared at the stipulated place a quarter of an hour before the time, we found Mr. Micawber already there.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
6  At length a man came from a distance and wooed her, who was called Hans; but he stipulated that Clever Elsie should be really smart.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In CLEVER ELSIE
7  They were attentive but silent observers of the proceedings of the vanquished, failing in none of the stipulated military honors, and offering no taunt or insult, in their success, to their less fortunate foes.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
8  My invitation to speak in Atlanta stipulated that I was to confine my address to five minutes.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
9  We must make this a most express and serious stipulation, not to be broken on any account.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS
10  Still more so, by the stipulation of implicit confidence which I beg to impose.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
11  We were disposed, notwithstanding Mr. Micawber's stipulation for my aunt's attendance, to arrange that she should stay at home, and be represented by Mr. Dick and me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
12  We both recommended a small sum in money, and the payment, without stipulation to Mr. Micawber, of the Uriah claims as they came in.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS
13  This is where the disadvantages of a court structure that, right from the start, stipulates that all proceedings take place in private, come into force.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Seven Lawyer - Manufacturer - Painter
Example Sentence:
1  Laws stipulate the maximum interest rate that banks can charge.
2  International rules stipulate the number of foreign entrants.
3  Before agreeing to reduce American military forces in Europe, the president would stipulate that NATO inspection teams be allowed to inspect Soviet bases.
4  Total disarmament was stipulated in the peace treaty.
5  She agreed to buy the car, but stipulated racing tyres and a turbo-powered engine.
6  She could have stipulated that she would pay when she collected the computer.
7  Senior managers stipulated work-life balance as their main criterion when choosing jobs.
8  I stipulated red paint, not black.
9  He left all his money to the town with the stipulation that it should be used to build a new football stadium.
10  The only stipulation the building society makes is that house must be insured.
11  The only stipulation is that they can't have internet and bother me.