SUE in a Sentence

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11 example sentences for SUE, such as:

1. If the builders don't fulfil their side of the contract, we'll sue.
2. Ambassadors arrive from the emperor of Blefuscu, and sue for peace.
3. The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.
4. Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
5. He claimed that he had been misquoted and he threatened to sue the magazine for libel.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sue
 v.  plead; file a suit against
Classic Sentence:
1  Ambassadors arrive from the emperor of Blefuscu, and sue for peace.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V.
2  Two years was the "statute of limitations," and after that the victim could not sue.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
3  They likewise instance Agathocles, who, being unequal to support a war at home, invaded the Carthaginians, by whom he was being attacked, and reduced them to sue for peace.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII.
Example Sentence:
1  Dodd made no appeal of his death sentence and, further, instructed his attorney to sue anyone who succeeds in delaying his execution.
2  Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.
3  The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.
4  He claimed that he had been misquoted and he threatened to sue the magazine for libel.
5  If the builders don't fulfil their side of the contract, we'll sue.
6  The airport authorities decided to remove all Christmas trees because a Jewish rabbi threatened to sue them if they didn't also display a menorah.
7  What would you do if you took a pair of trousers to the dry cleaners and they lost them? If you're in America you might sue for 67 million dollars.
8  The copyright owner can sue them under the current rules and potentially obtain statutory damages of up to 150000 dollars per work -- just as they can now.