OMISSION in a Sentence

Learn OMISSION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

15 example sentences for OMISSION, such as:

1. The omission of her name was not a deliberate act.
2. The play was shortened by the omission of two scenes.
3. D'Artagnan related his story simply, with the omission of names.
4. Several offences such as manslaughter may be committed by omission.
5. The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission.

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 Meanings and Examples of OMISSION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
omission
 n.  act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty
Classic Sentence:
1  Once she would have thought this omission a mortal sin but, somehow, staying away from church did not seem so sinful now as it formerly had.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
2  Never once did he call for mother, wife, sister or sweetheart and this omission worried Carreen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  Only Carreen noticed the omission and looked up puzzled, as he began the Lord's Prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
4  There would have been a species of profanity in the omission, had this man passed so powerful a community of his fancied kindred, without bestowing some evidence of his regard.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
5  Tom turned in without the added vexation of prayers, and Sid made mental note of the omission.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  If I fail I shall, of course, incur all the blame due to this omission; but that I am prepared for.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
7  Having given orders in the commander-in-chief's name to rectify this omission, Prince Andrew galloped back.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XV
8  D'Artagnan related his story simply, with the omission of names.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
9  It were an omission not to say something on the subject of conspiracies, these being a source of much danger both to princes and to private men.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Example Sentence:
1  The omission of her name was not a deliberate act.
2  The play was shortened by the omission of two scenes.
3  The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission.
4  Several offences such as manslaughter may be committed by omission.
5  And will you consent to dispense with a great many conventional forms and phrases, without thinking that the omission arises from insolence?
6  Given Jill's previous slights, Jack felt that the omission of his name from the guest list was a studied insult.