How to use request in a sentence
40 example sentences · verb, noun
Request means to ask for (something). Example: “The corporal requested reinforcements.”
Examples of request by meaning
verbTo ask for (something).
- The corporal requested reinforcements.
- I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.
- Copies of records of Spear's long-distance telephone calls (which had been requested by Norfolk County police from the telephone company)1979 December 29, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder & Related Matters”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 6
verbTo ask (somebody) to do something.
- She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.
nounA message sent over a network to a server.
- The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.
More sentences with request
- At my request, they agreed to move us to another hotel.From the entry at
- A man of his condition has no place to make requests.From the entry condition
- Three volunteers put up their hands in response to the speaker's request.From the entry put up
- He couched it as a request, but it was an order.From the entry couch
- After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.From the entry deluge
- The web server spawns a new process to handle each client's request.From the entry spawn
- Has the disco come in from the defendants yet? We sent them requests almost six weeks ago.From the entry disco
- When I requested tickets for Nassau, my rep just put me on hold.From the entry rep
- She requested a five a.m. wake-up call from the front desk.From the entry wake-up call
- I got a lot of requests for offprints of my paper on cold fusion.From the entry offprint
- I'd love to be able to help you, but you'll have put that request through channels.From the entry channels
- The prisoner was saved from execution; the governor had requested a reprieve.From the entry reprieve
- Backed by public outrage, the prosecution requested the death penalty to be imposed on the murderer.From the entry prosecution
- Your failure to object to the request resulted in you tacitly approving the change.From the entry tacitly
- The request stream is parasequential, so we have some latency delay.From the entry parasequential
- The church filed an in rem petition with the court, requesting that the book be declared obscene.From the entry in rem
- I'll process his request when I'm good and ready, that's when!From the entry good and
- Some avant-garde composers request that performers detune their instruments before playing.From the entry detune
- The court sent "requests to show cause" to all questionnaire non-responders.From the entry nonresponder
- Right, the committee has considered your request and denied it, so there you are.From the entry there you are
- The program spawns a new subthread for each request made by the user.From the entry subthread
- We have bundled all items in a single package as per your request.From the entry as per your request
- May we request that patrons kindly take their seats.From the entry may
- His request for leave came out of the blue.From the entry blue
- The system throttled itself to batches of 50 requests at a time to keep the thread count under control.From the entry batch
- The purchase requests for the day were stored in a queue and batched for printing the next morning.From the entry batch
- His requests for money were usually prefixed by an apology.From the entry prefix
- The suspected thief was requested to empty her pockets.From the entry empty
- I parked my car at the curb per your request.From the entry per
- The committee will take up your request.From the entry up
- The hotel provided additional towels on request.From the entry additional
- My request for a pay rise was refused.From the entry refuse
- The accountants requested reams of financial records.From the entry ream
- You stay alone; all others are requested to leave now.From the entry others
- To request a brochure, please call during office hours.From the entry office hours
Meaning of request
- verb To ask for (something).
- verb To ask (somebody) to do something.
- noun Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).
Questions about request in a sentence
- How do you use request in a sentence?
- Request is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The corporal requested reinforcements.”
- What is a short sentence with request?
- “The corporal requested reinforcements.”
- What does request mean?
- Request means to ask for (something).
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: request (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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