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How to use invitation in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Invitation means the act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company. Example: “We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.”

Examples of invitation by meaning

nounThe act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

  • an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend
  • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC

nounA document or verbal message conveying an invitation.

  • We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.

nounA bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have...

  • I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest, page 113
  • To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit.2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction, page 71

More sentences with invitation

  • This is to acknowledge your kind invitation to participate in the upcoming debate.From the entry acknowledge
  • The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.From the entry honor
  • I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.From the entry webinar
  • I misprinted his name on the invitation. He's called James, not Jambes.From the entry misprint
  • He passed up my invitation for dinner, saying he was too busy.From the entry pass up
  • How wonderful it was to receive your invitation.From the entry how
  • And then came an invitation to tonight's ball.From the entry then
  • I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.From the entry include
  • Etiquette dictates that wedding invitations should be acknowledged in writing.From the entry dictate
  • When did you rsvp to the wedding invitation?From the entry rsvp
  • That's embarrassing: I mistyped her name on the invitation.From the entry mistype
  • Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation.From the entry vinegary
  • She wangled an invitation to the singer’s hotel room, where one thing led to another.2022 November 1, William Grimes, “Gael Greene, Who Shook Up Restaurant Reviewing, Dies at 88”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry wangle
  • “Oh here.” He jerks for his phone not trying to test her patience or invitation.2017, Coulter, A Night’s Tale, BookVenture Publishing LLC, →ISBN. From the entry snap
  • Should you ignore the invitation or accept it on diplomatic grounds?2017, Simon Holland, “Social Media Management”, in How Bad Is Your Boss? Do You Work for a Mentor or a Menace?, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse…. From the entry one's damned if one does and one's damned if one doesn't
  • That is how the invitation to President Mandela's inauguration fell to me.2015 May 15, Michael Kirby, “Foreword”, in Mark Trowell, The Prosecution of Anwar Ibrahim, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN. From the entry rainbow flag
  • Comment on or inquire about Susan's reaction to George's reaction to the invitation. 2.2015, Alan S. Gurman, Jay L. Lebow, Douglas K. Snyder, Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fifth Edition, page 217. From the entry consequate
  • I’m not asking for an invitation to the party – I’m saying the party’s over.”2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian. From the entry the party is over
  • Babeldom drowned out any elaboration of the invitation, which was for the best.2014, Joan Hess, Deader Homes and Gardens, →ISBN. From the entry babeldom
  • Telling a story is like an invitation for others to share their stories with you.2013 June 2, Phil Hansen, “Art that embraces our limits”, in CNN. From the entry limitation
  • That night she sat on the lanai and filled out her party list and invitations.2012, Brendan T. Hoffman, Daddy's Promise, page 73. From the entry party list
  • Still, anybody who is anybody managed to wrangle an invitation to the event.2010 June 29, Christopher Hume, “On her 22nd visit to Canada, Her Majesty stops the rain”, in The Star, Canada, retrieved 13 Jun 2017. From the entry anybody who is anybody
  • Her turn ends with an invitation to the Doctor to formulate, ‘so’, which he appears to anticipate.2008, Peter Grundy, Doing Pragmatics, third edition, Routeledge, page 168. From the entry metasequential
  • The implication of such an action is an invitation to buff the chart.2004, Gregory Davis, Pathology and Law, page 121. From the entry buff
  • This particular Thanksmas, Bill accepted an invitation to be my house guest — enthusiastically accepted.2004, Bob Guter, John R. Killacky, Queer crips: disabled gay men and their stories, page 152. From the entry Thanksmas
  • At Patriarch's invitation, Taoist "Perfected and Friends of the Way" accompany him to Ssu-ch'uan.1999, Daniel L. Overmyer, Precious Volumes, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 259. From the entry Ssu-ch'uan
  • “How nice," she responded to his invitation, “but I've got a blockbuster of a headache.1998, Yves Beauchemin, The Second Fiddle, page 383. From the entry blockbuster
  • Roll the invitations inside miniflags, and mail them in red fireworks tubes.1997, Patty Sachs, Lisa Roy Sachs, Pick a Party, page 55. From the entry miniflag
  • The Felicians had a friend at the Vatican to extend the invitation.1979 August 26, James F. Lynch, “New Jersey Journal”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Felician
  • Those who are attractive may receive several invitations to private, postsocial parties.1978, Nick Stinnett, The Family and Alternate Life Styles. From the entry postsocial
  • The removal of American troops would be construed by the Kremlin as an invitation to Finlandize Europe.1977, Parameters Journal of the US Army War College, volume VII, number 2, United States Army War College, page 9. From the entry Finlandize
  • Nothing is done in writing—no invitations, no tickets, just quiet phone calls.1962 August 28, Jack Anderson, “Lobbyists Moan Over ‘Shakedown’”, in Sarasota Journal, USA, retrieved 25 Aug 2010, page 6. From the entry on the q.t.
  • We were authorizing him, since it was not in the invitation for bids, to make those predeliveries.1955, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Textile Procurement…. From the entry predelivery
  • He must have entered without invitation and shut the door behind him.1923 August 11, The Saturday Evening Post, page 88. From the entry slat
  • The cheeses I’d laid out oozed invitation.2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 75. From the entry giardiniera

Meaning of invitation

  1. noun The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
  2. noun A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
  3. noun Allurement; enticement.

Full definition of invitation

Questions about invitation in a sentence

How do you use invitation in a sentence?
Invitation is used as a noun. For example: “We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.”
What is a short sentence with invitation?
“The cheeses I’d laid out oozed invitation.”
What does invitation mean?
Invitation means the act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

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