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Example sentences for "award"

Lexicographically close words:
awakenings; awakens; awakes; awaking; awanting; awarded; awarding; awards; aware; awareness
  1. The chief danger of violence begins when the men reject the award and others take their places, and at this point the fact of arbitration will make the duty of the state easier though hardly clearer.

  2. A certain moral force is, indeed, necessarily behind the award of such a tribunal.

  3. In dealing with a union which is not a true monopoly and does not depend on force, arbitrators may safely award what an actual strike would probably secure, and the simple plan of compromising gives an approximation to this amount.

  4. Another possible basis of an award is the average rate of wages prevailing; but it has no claim as a standard of exact justice and is very far from being workable.

  5. When we speak of arbitration as voluntary, what we usually mean is that acceptance of the award is in no way enforced.

  6. Both she and Susan had been keenly disappointed at Hanley Cron's decision to award the five thousand dollar prize to an entry other than the Black Imp.

  7. You didn't like the Black Imp well enough to award it a prize," Amy cried indignantly.

  8. I have no doubt that she left because the award was bestowed upon another statue.

  9. You will be after the prize award is announced," Penny assured her.

  10. How dreadful it would be if he should award the five thousand dollar prize to some inferior piece of work--such as this silly Black Imp, for instance.

  11. He had not thought highly enough of it even to award Amy honorable mention in the Huddleson contest.

  12. The treaty also bound the United States to pay for Rouse's Point, at the outlet of Lake Champlain, which the treaty of '83 and the award of the king of the Netherlands gave to us as a matter of right.

  13. And it is the one on which the award of the King of the Netherlands turned, and was, to the extent of a part of his award, a valid one.

  14. That report and that resolve were made and adopted in the year 1838--seven years after the award of the King of the Netherlands--and vindicated our title to the whole extent of the disputed territory.

  15. Nabataeans into a conquest of the city of Petra, and his award as to the boundaries of Armenia into a fixing of the boundary of the Roman empire beyond Nisibis.

  16. I pity the judgment that would award merit to such a performance as that," said the Captain.

  17. Public opinion will not credit his award of "characteristic kindness" to those who set up a paltry pretext as an apology for their wrong-doing.

  18. As there was a door behind the rostrum, which led to his house, the Orator silently dropped out, postponing the award to some happier day.

  19. On this slight principle was issued the profound award which accorded a certain term of years to any work, however immortal.

  20. Thou dost control our weapons and award In battles fierce the victory at will-- crown'd majestic Fate.

  21. The committee on the award of these foremost prizes for advanced work in electricity brought in their report, and, to my amazement, made no award to my compatriot Edison, who was then at the height of his reputation.

  22. Lyndhurst and Langdale were divided in opinion, so no award could be given.

  23. After a considerable delay and a troublesome enquiry, they arrived at a conclusion, but when they were just about to give their award Chief Justice Tindal died.

  24. He said he had no doubt the award was correct; that in their case the jewels were divided into two categories: first, those which came from George II.

  25. Taking the records of the first three pitchers named in the Baltimore "battery" team record, as a whole, we do not hesitate to award to McMahon the position of leading pitcher of the club for 1894.

  26. An annual Barter Theater award was established by Robert Porterfield in 1939 for the "finest performance by an actor or actress on the current Broadway stage.

  27. The Barter Theater Award consists of an acre of land located near Abingdon, a world-famed Virginia ham and a silver octagonal platter "to eat it off.

  28. Stratton Award for Coastal Leadership, and the Distinguished Public Service Medal from the Center for the Study of the Presidency.

  29. In 1985 he received Government Executive magazine's annual award for excellence in management.

  30. Panetta has received many awards and honors, including the Smithsonian Paul Peck Award for Service to the Presidency, the John H.

  31. When the Academic Board reviewed the standing of the members of the class to award to each his proper grade, it was found that Cadet Stevens stood at the head, not only generally, but in every one of the studies.

  32. His division of somewhat less than three thousand men did the hard work, and will of course have the highest award of praise.

  33. I recommend the appropriation of the amount of the award of the referee.

  34. I recommend the appropriation of the amount of the award of the referees.

  35. Under the provisions of this act the northwest water boundary of the United States has been determined and marked in accordance with the award of the Emperor of Germany.

  36. Spain has not been able to suppress the opposition to Spanish rule on the island, nor to award speedy justice to other nations, or citizens of other nations, when their rights have been invaded.

  37. I recommend the early passage of an act appropriating the amount necessary to pay this award against the United States.

  38. I recommend some action by Congress regarding the overdue installments under the award of the Venezuelan Claims Commission of 1866.

  39. The tribunal at Geneva has made an award in favor of the United States on the Alabama claims, and His Majesty the Emperor of Germany has decided in favor of the contention of the United States on the northwestern boundary line.

  40. The Government of the United States of Colombia has paid the award in the case of the steamer Montijo, seized by authorities of that Government some years since, and the amount has been transferred to the claimants.

  41. A referee is also desirable who should start the game, announce score, and award points to the opposing team when fouls are made.

  42. On the plea, that in cases purely spiritual, they could not in conscience submit to the award of the secular magistrate.

  43. The Chaucerian couplet conveys the idea of an award to a patient husband, without reference to the wife.

  44. But there are references which suggest its previous award in Piers Plowman and Chaucer.

  45. The first instance of its award recorded is in 1445, and there are a few others.

  46. But Mr. Crane called attention to the evident error of basing a calculation upon the relation the award in each case bears to the amount claimed.

  47. Among the members of the Award Jury whose names were given by this drug journal were three men of prominence in Great Britain, to whom we have written.

  48. I could arrange your Exhibit for the amount of $400, to be paid one-half on allotment and the balance on receipt of an award (Grand Prize or Gold Medal).

  49. In the University of Pennsylvania Scholarship in Architecture there were six competitors, and the award was made to Mr. Percy Ash, a graduate of the University.

  50. In the competition for the latter twenty-three designs were entered, and besides the first award honorable mention was given to Mr. Henry E.

  51. The award was made to Mr. John Russell Pope of New York, a graduate from the school in the class of 1894.

  52. Then as to the award of death for any great crime, do the laws reckon the punishment to consist in the brief moment in which death is inflicted, or in this, that the offender is eternally banished from the society of the living?

  53. Charity will find a substantial excuse for most of his faults, while virtue and truth, civilization and religion, will award him a place as a faithful, zealous, and comparatively successful missionary.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "award" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accolade; accommodation; accord; accordance; action; administer; afford; allot; allow; apportion; award; badge; bay; bestow; bestowal; boon; bounty; box; citation; communicate; communication; concede; concession; condemnation; confer; consideration; contribution; deal; decision; decoration; decree; deliverance; delivery; determination; diagnosis; dictum; dispense; distinction; dole; donate; donation; doom; endow; endowment; extend; finding; gift; give; grant; granting; heap; honor; impart; indemnity; investiture; issue; kudos; laurels; lavish; liberality; merit; mete; oblation; offer; offering; order; plaque; pour; precedent; premium; present; presentation; presentment; prize; proffer; prognosis; pronouncement; provision; purse; rain; recompense; remunerate; render; repay; resolution; reward; ruling; scholarship; sentence; serve; shower; slip; snow; spare; stipend; subscription; surrender; tender; tribute; trophy; verdict; vouchsafe; yield