Many leaders did not approve of or sanction the civil war.
a range of sanctions aimed at deterring insider abuse.
The police required sanction to enter the house.
(noun) The government placed a sanction on the company after discovering its illegal activities. (verb) The school would not sanction the use of its auditorium for political events.
The word "sanction" is used as either a noun, meaning an approval or acceptance of something, or a reward or punishment for something; or as a verb meaning to enact, ratify, or allow an event to occur, such as the passage of a law. The proper use of the word in a sentence as a noun is as follows: "The sanction calls for a punishment of thirty days in jail for that offense." However, if in use as a verb, the proper sentence usage would be as follows: "The protest has been sanctioned by the proper authorities, officer."
"This is a ferociously short sentence."
The government decided to impose economic sanctions on the country for violating international agreements.
oh heres one-- i have no idea what sanction is. hoped that helped!
The United States placed an economic sanction against Iran for its continuing research into nuclear weaponry. The sanction against the football program was finally lifted after 2 years.
to cut short
A penal sanction - is time added on to a sentence for bad behaviour. For example - in the UK, a sentence of less than five years usually means (if the convict behaves) he will serve half of it. If the prisoner does something that warrants a sanction - he would get time added on to his sentence - up to the maximum he would serve without 'parole'.
Punitive sanction" includes a sanction of imprisonment if the sentence is for a definite period of time. ex> The Iraqui disctator has been on the receiving end of punitive sanctions for ten years now.
The crime spree was short-lived.