How to Use commence in a Sentence

commence

verb

• The country has commenced preparations for war.
• The festivities will commence with a parade.
• The court commenced criminal proceedings.
• Their contract commences in January.
• Zelensky has faced criticism for leaving Ukraine when an invasion might commence any day.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 19 Feb. 2022
• The eSports room is already complete, and the other projects will commence over the next several months, with the bulk of the work scheduled to take place this summer, Birney said.
  — Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 2022
• The repaving and remake of the street was to commence in 2016.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• All of the new growth will commence at the top of each cane.
  — Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2021
• The work is part of a three-year study commenced in 2018.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2019
• Only then do the two shake hands, and the match may commence.
  — Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
• At the end of the year, once the layoffs had commenced, upwards of 3,300 staffers a month were on such a plan.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• Tickets for the streams, which commence each night at 7 p.m.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• The breakup is expected to commence in 18 to 24 months.
  — Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
• The second phase is expected to commence at the end of May.
  — Byrebecca Gelpi, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2022
• Britain commenced a long process of widening the franchise in 1832.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 June 2017
• But when there’s grilling to be done, a battle still commences.
  — J. J. Goode, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• But when the match commenced, Jabeur injured her right foot.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• An avalanche of retweets, reshares, and page views soon commenced.
  — Andy Boyle, Esquire, 10 Mar. 2016
• And what happened here gives you an idea of what will commence once that gets put in play.
  — WSJ, 21 Feb. 2017
• As the game commences, each player draws and discards a tile, with the aim of getting four sets and a pair.
  — Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2020
• Cates explained the rules a second time, and after a few false starts, the game commenced.
  — Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2020
• The voting could have commenced at any moment but of course did not.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• The dogs, pets of lodge staff and guests, stuck close to their humans until the dancing commenced.
  — Dina Mishev, Dallas News, 8 July 2019
• The winning team is content to dribble out the shot or game clock as daps and hugs commence.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
• Large-scale removal of the debris has not commenced, which could take three to five years to complete the cleanout.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, latimes.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• It is set to commence this month and will be completed by late fall.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 21 July 2023
• There is no detail, as yet, on the date from which travel might commence.
  — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 18 May 2021
• Dryden added that the west side of the stadium is almost done, and that work on the east side will commence soon.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
• Since construction commenced on the 9.6-kilometer line over a decade ago, excavations have led to thousands of significant ancient finds being unearthed.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
• The ceasefire took effect on Wednesday morning, though Israel’s military spent the hours before the deal commenced carrying out attacks in southern Lebanon.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024