Ad as short for advertisement:
I saw the same coffee maker as mine in an ad for James Stores at six dollars less than I paid.
We formed an ad hoc committee to address the complaints about parking.
Yes. Such as - 'Tim talked on and on ad infinitum' - would be a valid example of using it in a sentence. ~fiendishfish
you say blah blah blah ad hominem and then it is in your sentence.
"The goods were taxed ad valorem"
The current year is 2010 AD.
She went on and on ad nauseam about her divorce.
we have an ad hoc network.
AD
So you are asking me to create a sentence ad hoc? The judgeship was only an ad hoc appointment to clear a backlog on the docket.
I put an ad out in the local paper for our garage sale.
I'm in ad idem with my colleagues comments.
Your ad hoc committee had no right to overrule the decision of the bench.Let us meet ad hoc.