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Example sentences for "waive"

Lexicographically close words:
waitin; waiting; waitress; waitresses; waits; waived; waiver; waives; waiving; wakan
  1. I shall wait-- Waive the present time: some new age .

  2. You have forgotten your present position; I will follow your example so far as to waive our difference of military rank.

  3. Although by no means desirous to be brought forward in the business, I was willing to waive my repugnance, if by so doing I could benefit Oakley.

  4. But that is an old theme; we waive it, and proceed.

  5. Will telegraph Seattle inspectors requesting waive further probation as first mate and issue license if you pass examination in order that you may accept captaincy of Retriever.

  6. The widower is entitled to a life interest in all the wife's real estate, and a homestead right of $500, and if he waive the provisions of her will in his favor, the same amount of her personal property as she would receive of his.

  7. We waive formality, you know, in these country quarters.

  8. If you please, I will waive that right; I can wholly trust your decision”.

  9. I hereby irrevocably waive all exemptions or other rights I may have by means of any law of any state in which I now, or may hereafter be employed or reside.

  10. Your right is obviously a debatable question; we will waive it, if you please.

  11. I am aware that you have always opposed this project, but I hope, sir, that you will waive your objections, and go on with me next week.

  12. Do waive your scruples, and consent to take charge of us.

  13. Your objections I have listened to; they are imaginary and trifling; and I ask you, as a father has a right to ask his child, to waive these ridiculous notions, and grant the only request I have ever made of you.

  14. The high contracting parties waive reciprocally all repayment of sums due for the maintenance of prisoners of war in their respective territories.

  15. He objected that as he had been announced as commander of the right wing of the army, composed of the two corps, he was unwilling to waive his precedence or to assume that Hooker was detached for anything more than a temporary purpose.

  16. There being, then, only a question of private right involved, there can be no question but that the party interested in the enforcement of the right may contract to waive it.

  17. The court said: True, the legislature cannot exempt the city and county from liability, but it can authorize the corporation to refuse to contract with persons who do not waive the proportionate liability established for their protection.

  18. We can afford to waive ceremony while in the woods," replied Alvin; "we shall count upon seeing you both quite often.

  19. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend whose heart I have always supposed to be right.

  20. The article does not at all refer to prisoners of war, and certainly our Enemies have no grounds for requiring that we should waive in their benefit any of the ordinary advantages which the usages of War allow to us.

  21. Yet," spoke up Dorothy quickly, "it must surely be possible to waive all claim in such cases?

  22. There are fifty thousand pounds for us in that house yonder, and I waive my share.

  23. To this Mahon sent the following reply:-- "'I respectfully decline to waive my seniority and to serve under the officer you name.

  24. The King of Denmark told the allies that he was making efforts to induce the King of France to waive the demand for the restoration of James; the French Ambassador hinted at a compromise.

  25. Footnote r: The authority which represents the State ought not, I think, to waive the right of inspecting the local administration, even when it does not interfere more actively.

  26. The filing of schedules by a bankrupt does not waive his right to refuse to answer questions pertaining to them when to do so may incriminate him.

  27. But the requirement of a jury trial is not jurisdictional; it is a privilege which the defendant may waive with the consent of the Government and the approval of the court.

  28. Congress has, by statute, provided for the trial of issues of fact in civil cases by the court without the intervention of a jury, only when the parties waive their right to a jury by a stipulation in writing.

  29. It is not within the power of the accused or his attorney to waive such right.

  30. So careful is he in this respect, that the relatives usually waive claim to most of the effects of deceased friends, reserving only particular objects.

  31. To waive it would be disrespectful to the Pope, to claim it would lead to squabbles.

  32. Mazzini refused to waive an Italian's right to live on Italian soil; and he was molested no more.

  33. It remained to be seen if he had the talent for actual political life, whether he could put away accumulated prejudices, see clear to the supreme and indispensable end, and waive all secondary things for that.

  34. Said another: "The waive note is good for twenty years and when you sign one you must either pay out or die out.

  35. Said one: "The mortgage ties you tighter than any rope and a waive note is a consuming fire.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waive" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abandon; abdicate; abjure; abolish; abrogate; abstain; adjourn; admit; allow; annul; cancel; cease; cede; chuck; concede; consider; contemn; continue; contradict; countermand; decline; defer; delay; deny; desist; despise; disapprove; discard; disclaim; discontinue; discount; disdain; disgorge; dismiss; disown; dispense; disregard; disuse; drop; dump; except; exclude; extend; forbear; forfeit; forgive; forgo; forswear; grant; ignore; invalidate; nullify; override; overrule; pass; pigeonhole; postpone; prolong; protract; quit; quitclaim; rebuff; recall; recant; recess; refrain; refuse; reject; relax; relinquish; render; renounce; repeal; repel; repudiate; repulse; rescind; reserve; resign; retract; reverse; revoke; rid; sacrifice; save; scout; shelve; sign; spare; spurn; stay; stop; surrender; suspend; table; vacate; void; waive; withdraw; yield