NOMINAL in a Sentence

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47 example sentences for NOMINAL, such as:

1. I nominated him and was the Rhetor.
2. I nominate John to represent us at the meeting.
3. Local Republican leaders foresee Bush nomination.
4. He won the nomination as Democratic candidate for the presidency.
5. She is standing for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOMINAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
nominal
 a.  in name only; insignificantly small
Classic Sentence:
1  Their power was nominal but they had at least been able to keep the state government in the hands of native Georgians.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
2  He says that there can be no high civilization without enslavement of the masses, either nominal or real.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  It was no nominal meal that we were going to make, but a vigorous reality.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
4  Even your constant little heart need not take fright at such a nominal change.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Most skilful, too, was his audacity in nominating himself contrary to the expectation of the nobles, and in proposing colleagues on whom he could depend to carry out his ends.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLI.
6  But on Pacuvius desiring them to propose a substitute, the meeting was quieted, and after a brief pause one of the commons was nominated.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVII.
7  And the same thing happening in every case, each and all of those nominated were judged unworthy of senatorial rank.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVII.
8  Then he became alarmed, and dared not stay any longer at Nimes, so he solicited a change of residence, and, as he was in reality very influential, he was nominated to Versailles.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
9  It is safe with me," said the Outlaw, "so be that this thy scroll produce the sum therein nominated and set down.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  I nominated him and was the Rhetor.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER X
11  Though nominally included in the census of Christendom, he was still an alien to it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
12  The city, which was owned by an oligarchy of business men, being nominally ruled by the people, a huge army of graft was necessary for the purpose of effecting the transfer of power.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
13  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
14  He asked me who the nominators were; and I told him.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  I nominate John to represent us at the meeting.
17  If you are ready to nominate someone, you must complete an application form in one of two ways.
18  He won the nomination as Democratic candidate for the presidency.
19  They say he's certain to get a nomination for best supporting actor.
20  She is standing for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
21  Six candidates are currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination.
22  He is currently the front runner for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
23  A year ago he was just an also-ran for the Democratic nomination.
24  Three of the original five candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have now thrown in the towel.
25  Few expected that he would declare his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.
26  A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.
27  The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote momen-tarily on his nomination to the Supreme Court.
28  His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.
29  Local Republican leaders foresee Bush nomination.
30  But the Clinton stash keeps her in pole position in the race to secure the party nomination in a year's time.