Sentence example with the word 'polls'

polls

Definition n. the place where people vote

Last update: June 8, 2015


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The elections held under the new system proved a failure, the Christians refusing to go to the polls, and for the next five years Crete was governed absolutely by a succession of Mahommedan Valis.   [Please select]

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Nature had lent a hand to bring voting humanity to the polls.   [Please select]

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Crowds lingered round the polls, which, in greater part, were in the rear of shops, in barns and sheds.   [Please select]

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Noisy acclamations hailed the automobiles, carriages and waggonettes bringing voters of both parties to the polls.   [Please select]

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Corruption on a grand scale was attempted, but Venezelos' success at the polls was sweeping.   [Please select]

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The polls were guarded by bullies who did not hesitate at command to manhandle any decent citizen indicated by the local leaders.   [Please select]

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"America for Americans" became the battle cry of reactionaries, who organized the American or "Know-Nothing" party and sought safety at the polls.   [Please select]

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I don't know how the colored man will vote, but perhaps many of them will be intimidated at the polls.   [Please select]

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In 1851, a battle was fought at the polls between the two Southern ideas--the old one which upheld separate state independence, and the new one which virtually acknowledged Southern nationality.   [Please select]

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