WAIVE in a Sentence

Learn WAIVE 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.

11 example sentences for WAIVE, such as:

1. I waived that question, and returned to the Murdstones.
2. I waive the right to collect interest on my loan but not that right.
3. There was a question just now, Mr. Jaggers, which you desired me to waive for a moment.
4. If they can waive the fees for all charities, we think the others could lower their charges.
5. But while they freely waive a ceremonial like this, they do by no means renounce their claim to more solid tribute.

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 Meanings and Examples of WAIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
waive
 v.  give up temporarily; yield; give up voluntarily; defer
Classic Sentence:
1  I waive the right to collect interest on my loan but not that right.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  But while they freely waive a ceremonial like this, they do by no means renounce their claim to more solid tribute.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
3  The scout nodded his head in assent, though he seemed anxious to waive the further discussion of a subject that appeared painful.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
4  We have purchased permission to waive the usual delay; and at half-past two o'clock the mayor of Marseilles will be waiting for us at the city hall.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
5  There was a question just now, Mr. Jaggers, which you desired me to waive for a moment.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
6  "It may be so," said the young clergyman, indifferently, as waiving a discussion that he considered irrelevant or unseasonable.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
7  Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
8  I waived that question, and returned to the Murdstones.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. RETURN
9  A spirit of unruliness diffused itself among us and, under its influence, differences of culture and constitution were waived.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AN ENCOUNTER
Example Sentence:
1  If they can waive the fees for all charities, we think the others could lower their charges.
2  We have decided to waive the age - limit for applicants in your case.