REVOKE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for REVOKE, such as:

1. He tried to revoke the ban on smoking.
2. The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.
3. Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.

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 Meanings and Examples of REVOKE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
revoke
 v.  void or annul by recalling, withdrawing, or reversing; cancel; retract
Classic Sentence:
1  Thus I might proclaim myself a madman, but not revoke the sentence passed upon my wretched victim.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
2  And to be commanded we do consent, when that society, whereof we be a part, hath at any time before consented, without revoking the same after by the like universal agreement.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  He tried to revoke the ban on smoking.
2  This was revoked after the scandals of the clean hands bribery scandal which caused a political earthquake at the time in a country where it had become the norm for businessmen to bribe politicians, but now it is back to square one.
3  The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.