How to Use argument in a Sentence
argument
noun- Don't you want to hear both sides of the argument?
- Let us accept, for the sake of argument, that she is right.
- I don't want to hear any arguments about whether you'll go.
- There were many arguments about the new design.
- They settled an argument that started in class.
- The committee presented strong arguments against building a new school.
- His argument did not convince his opponents.
- They made a compelling argument for our participation.
- They were always getting into arguments about politics.
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These arguments go around and around, like the hands on a watch.
— Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024 -
But that argument might not hold much weight in a court of law.
— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 -
To me, the instinct is never to try to win the argument.
— Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024 -
There’s an argument to be made that the very best time to arrive at the Dolomites is at night.
— Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2023 -
The case out of Colorado is set for oral arguments on Feb. 8.
— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024 -
The justices on Tuesday will hear arguments in the case.
— Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023 -
The arguments made in favor of him now are only that Biden is worse.
— Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Paid subscribers were able to see more of his argument ahead of the filing.
— Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023 -
The Court will hear arguments in the case on January 10th.
— Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 -
On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments in a major test of the 2nd Amendment.
— David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023 -
Morat has little time for arguments about what punk is and isn’t.
— Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023 -
Not quite an argument from a business point of view, but who doesn’t love love?
— Kim Masters, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2024 -
The city said the argument was irrelevant in light of the home being built in 1940.
— Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2023 -
At the core of the argument was which branch of government has the right to decide how money is spent.
— Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024 -
Oral arguments on the question are scheduled in the appeals court for Jan. 9.
— Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023 -
That was already a weak argument, but even more so now.
— Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Jan. 2023 -
And yet the game is an argument against moral compromise.
— Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023 -
Tempe police say a woman and a man were in a verbal argument when the man pushed the woman.
— Andrea Morabito, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2023 -
The new survey looks set to add a little extra ammo to one side of the argument.
— Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 -
The court will hear arguments in the case after the first of the year, with a decision expected by late June.
— Nina Totenberg, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024 -
The arguments outlined in the complaint mark a new roadmap for Trump and his legal team to chill free speech by weaponizing the courts.
— Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
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