How to Use amnesty in a Sentence

amnesty

noun

• The government gave amnesty to all political prisoners.
• Illegal immigrants who came into the country before 1982 were granted amnesty.
• The price of this amnesty is that the knight must now marry the old woman.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• For these voters, DACA amnesty is a knife in the heart.
  — Jeremy Carl, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
• Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to protest the planned amnesty.
  — TIME, 13 Nov. 2023
• Musk on Thursday said the amnesty will begin next week.
  — Ilya Banares, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2022
• There’s even been talk of the need for some sort of amnesty, which sounds pretty pathetic.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• She was jailed, and the girl was raised by a grandmother until the couple was pardoned in a 2012 amnesty.
  — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
• Hutson, 53, was one of those who took advantage of the amnesty program.
  — Hudson Sangree, sacbee, 5 Oct. 2017
• An amnesty to the ban is in place until October 2023 to give owners time to comply.
  — Amanda Coletta, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2022
• But sometimes, there is a form of amnesty for those who missed a bet previously.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
• But the visits leave him unnerved, wondering how long the promise of amnesty will last.
  — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
• But the wheel kept turning, and five years later, in 2002, he was granted amnesty and invited home.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
• The one-time amnesty will be brief: Fines for new late materials will start accruing again the same day.
  — Sarah Maslin Nir and Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017
• In a video posted on Facebook last week, Cherizier called on the government to grant him and G9 members amnesty.
  — Edith M. Lederer, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• Most rank-and-file FARC fighters were granted amnesty, and their commanders were free to run for office.
  — The Economist, 9 Sep. 2017
• In this 2015 release, Toretto, O'Conner, and the rest of the team return to normal lives after securing amnesty for their crimes.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
• This agreement, coupled with a new whitewash tax amnesty, could help the state rake in billions of dollars in revenue.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• Reuters reported that her husband, artist Htein Lin, would also be released in the amnesty.
  — Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
• Sentenced to ten years in prison, Rudolf was released in 1928 under a general amnesty.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• There are, of course, war criminals who need to be held accountable; my colleagues and I are not calling for amnesty all around.
  — Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
• During the campaign, Trump also spoke frequently against amnesty and said even Dreamers would have to leave the country.
  — Lisa Mascaro, latimes.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• The amnesty side of that equation went off without a hitch, while the enhanced enforcement never arrived.
  — The Editors, National Review, 12 Dec. 2022
• The slavery law offers some amnesty to trafficking victims who are forced to commit crimes.
  — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• The amnesty opens the door for hundreds of pro-independence activists to avoid criminal charges.
  — Rodrigo Orihuela, Bloomberg.com, 14 Mar. 2024
• And now there is a call for pandemic amnesty, perhaps for teacher unions that kept schools closed with their selfish demands.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
• According to Kurum, more than 7 million units were legalized thanks to the amnesty.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2023
• Still, three years into the deal, with Miller dealing with nagging injuries, the Heat released him through the amnesty provision, in a cap-saving move.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2022
• The amnesty bill passed, without civil-rights guarantees.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• McHenry opposes any form of amnesty, according to his website.
  — Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024