Sentence example with the word 'canvass'

canvass

address, canvassing, confluence, discourse about, hand vote, mobilization, poll, right to vote, solicit votes, talk over, yea

Definition n. the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

Last update: March 24, 2017


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In other days, the canvass which preceded elections was educatory.   [verb]

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Seated before the fire, they canvassed the matter thoroughly.   [verb]

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Every step he knew would be rigorously canvassed, and it was his business to place the justice and integrity of his own conduct beyond the limits of question.   [Please select]

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He had long been up and had evidently canvassed the situation thoroughly.   [Please select]

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Raymond and Lindsley proceeded to canvass the rebels in regard to the letters.   [Please select]

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Every detail of the strange affair was eagerly canvassed.   [Please select]

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Reader Poll Adding a Reader Poll to your site allows you to canvass opinion by inviting users to vote on a topic.   [verb]

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You must respond to the annual canvass even if you have only recently been added to the register.   [verb]

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The chances, for and against us, in an encounter with the crew, was canvassed.   [Please select]

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We'll make a house-to-house canvass if the police fail us.'   [Please select]

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His energetic canvass netted him only 308,578 votes, most of which came from the West.   [Please select]

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