How to Use proposition in a Sentence

proposition

1 of 2 noun

• The election will be a tough proposition for the mayor.
• Her theory rejects the basic proposition that humans evolved from apes.
• He made an attractive business proposition.
• The other company rejected their proposition.
• If we accept proposition “A” as true, then we must accept proposition “B” as false.
• That is not a far-fetched proposition given the rapid spread of the virus.
  — Boris Johnson, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2020
• Then doesn't that change the value proposition of the city?
  — The Atlantic, 26 June 2020
• This would’ve been a bold proposition just a few weeks ago.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 11 Aug. 2020
• But the truth is, life with Gordon is a one-day-at-a-time proposition.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• But how to treat him on the debate stage is a tricky proposition for the campaigns.
  — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2020
• And truth is, a lot of life is a risk-reward proposition.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 18 May 2020
• A few weeks ago my son came into the kitchen with a proposition.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021
• That’s not even the most hair-raising part of this proposition.
  — Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 21 Feb. 2024
• In many ways, that has made these past six weeks a win-win proposition.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2022
• Ohio State will have something to say about the proposition as well.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2019
• But at this price, the new Echo Buds are a tempting proposition.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 23 May 2021
• The fifth and sixth propositions require the cleanup of language to reflect state law.
  — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2018
• This is not an either-or proposition, this is a both-and.
  — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2021
• To limit the time in which people can be out is a high-risk proposition.
  — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 5 June 2020
• What's changed in the last decade to make this a reasonable proposition?
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Part of the value proposition of Amazon ... is this sea of choice.
  — Johana Bhuiyan, Recode, 30 May 2018
• This always feels like a dicey proposition given the wild games these teams have played over the years.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The world and what is musical about the world seemed to be one proposition for Sakamoto.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• For a small state to implement a cap-and-trade scheme on its own is a tricky proposition.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• As far as sports gambling goes in 2023, this was a risky proposition.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2023
• As things stand, that is a wayward proposition, and there is no need for a new law to reform it.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 6 Feb. 2024
• The proposition sparked the lawsuit, which has been on a legal roller coaster since.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• The two parts of that proposition combined were very potent.
  — Julia Belluz, Vox, 15 June 2018
• So, instead of a unique selling proposition — think about your unique purpose and mission.
  — Davia Temin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• Convincing locals to stay is a harder proposition these days.
  — Michael Goldberg, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024

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proposition

2 of 2 verb

• He got drunk and propositioned a woman sitting next to him in the bar.
• He was propositioned by a prostitute.
• As the rest of the road crew partied with hotel staff, Sasha propositioned John.
  — EW.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• Cynthia Rich, the mother of the girl who was propositioned, said something needs to change.
  — Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2017
• Fowler wrote that on her first day at work her boss propositioned her in a series of messages.
  — Washington Post, 7 June 2017
• On the left: 138 pounds, complimented all day and propositioned by men and on the cover of a tabloid about diets that work.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 10 July 2018
• Dugan alleges that prior to her hiring, Katz propositioned her and tried to kiss her at a dinner.
  — Time, 24 Jan. 2020
• The woman in the first story said Kihuen propositioned her for dates and twice touched her thighs without consent.
  — Elise Viebeck, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2017
• In 17 years as a hotel housekeeper, Dar has been propositioned and pursued, and leered at by guests too many times to count.
  — Fortune, 14 Dec. 2017
• Lively’s job was to seduce the girls and then proposition them for a prostitution ring.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018
• The teen said Michel also propositioned him after giving him a ride home, asking to see the boy’s genitals.
  — Jeff Weiner, orlandosentinel.com, 9 July 2019
• Alisha didn’t sleep with Tim, who propositioned his employee, and was never forced to.
  — refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Fowler says her boss propositioned her and higher-ups ignored her complaints.
  — Fortune, 24 Dec. 2019
• Actresses who have been propositioned--or worse--by moguls have long opted to remain silent for fear of losing parts.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
• Billy propositioned her for a late-night meet-up, but Karen chose her family, instead.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 11 July 2019
• In one of those, a student had reported that Manweller invited her to a bar in 2006 and propositioned her and a friend to have a threesome, according to records.
  — Joseph O’Sullivan, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
• Leered at, and, later, propositioned by Jamie’s uncle Dougal, Claire is uneasy, skittish, and on the defense.
  — Joanna Robinson, vanityfair.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Fowler wrote that on her first day at work her boss propositioned her in a series of messages and superiors ignored her complaints.
  — Washington Post, 7 June 2017
• Ms. Fowler wrote that on her first day at work her boss propositioned her in a series of messages and superiors ignored her complaints.
  — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2017
• The allegations included claims they had been groped, propositioned, and forced to demean themselves to get work.
  — New York Times, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• The report alleged that women who served as hostesses, some of them college students, were groped, harassed and propositioned.
  — Author: William Booth, Fred Barbash, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2018
• There is no one — man, woman, founder, V.C., the most aggressive feminist, no one — who would have thought a male V.C. would get fired for propositioning a woman.
  — Jessica Bennett, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2017
• In her essay, Fowler wrote that she was propositioned by her manager on her first day with an engineering team.
  — Barbara Ortutay, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
• The question was who would be the first to fall: that famous photographer who everyone knew propositioned his models?
  — Jessica Pressler, The Cut, 6 Feb. 2018
• Jeff Boogaard, a history and government teacher at a southern New Jersey high school was propositioned by a student to prompose in his class last year.
  — Allie Volpe, Teen Vogue, 24 Apr. 2018
• Not an hour after emailing, I was excited to receive a response — from the same hallowed agency where the engaged agent propositioned me.
  — Lela Edgar, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2017
• Titus tells Kimmy how, as viewers saw in an earlier season, he was propositioned by a Sesame Street puppeteer, or rather, by the man's puppet.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2018
• Police are in the process of investigating how many more inmates Spark propositioned.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 18 Dec. 2017
• But eight women told Bloomberg News that, over nearly two decades, Wright used his positions and influence to proposition female students, staffers and job applicants.
  — Leah Nylen, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2023
• Dern says to Cusack when propositioning him) and veracity an afterthought.
  — Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024