Example Sentences

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Defenders of the status quo will object that lawyers provide valuable services, including shielding clients from insurers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The hardheaded reader will object that one of these examples isn’t like the others.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

If you think your husband will object to the idea of anything that isn’t naming him the direct beneficiary, you should lovingly remind him that you’ve always had separate financial accounts.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2022

Doubtless there are those who will object that climate change, nuclear war, gamma ray bursts and pandemics aren’t subjects to joke about.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

“But,” someone will object, “I have used dieldrin sprays on the lawn many times but I have never had convulsions like the World Health Organization spraymen — so it hasn’t harmed me.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson