How to Use writ in a Sentence

writ

noun
  • He was served with a writ.
  • The judge issued a writ of habeas corpus.
  • Stitt was at the ready to file writs by the end of the day should the clients not appear.
    Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 June 2018
  • The landlord will have to go back to court and get a new writ.
    AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
  • That emotional mystery is metonymic for the project of the album writ large.
    Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
  • After the five days, landlords can file for the writ of possession.
    San Antonio Express-News, 7 Jan. 2015
  • But the bill would have enjoyed the support of big business, nativists, and the public writ large.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 19 July 2017
  • Second, Pelosi's writ only runs on the House side of Capitol Hill.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But the writ was the improper method to challenge the compact, justices ruled.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In orders issued Friday, the court denied a writ of certiorari-- or a request to review-- the case of Willie Earl Scott.
    Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The city did not name Google as a defendant in the case, but its writ included links to 32 YouTube videos.
    Rachel Cheung, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • The surge in share buybacks is often held up as short-termism writ large.
    James MacKintosh, WSJ, 10 May 2018
  • The eviction process was allowed to proceed all the way up to the point the court issues a writ of possession to the landlord.
    Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Which is not to say that bike-share systems, and cycling writ large, don’t big face challenges.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 3 May 2018
  • His body was writ over with his daring and folly, a testament to the fragility and strength of flesh and bone.
    Alice Driver, Longreads, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The -- Bill, the delegates are not the American public writ large.
    ABC News, 30 June 2024
  • That election must be held on the 46th day after the governor’s issuance of the writ of election.
    Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • And in the end, what is the world but an island writ large, marooned in a vast blankness, burning through its stores of food and fuel?
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Flack heralded these works as a way forward for art writ large.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
  • The speaker list reflects the growing coterie of the crypto world and tech writ large that has taken a hard-right turn.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 26 July 2024
  • In any case, an Ethiopian monastery is an island, the writ of the outside world barely reaching its gates.
    The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But the court doesn’t track what happens after the judgment, unless a writ is issued.
    AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The machinery is mesmerizing to watch, like the board game Mouse Trap writ large.
    Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2018
  • And this show was writ in big pictures, offering lots of scenic dazzle on the outdoors Davies stage.
    James Hebert, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • But those are now on hold until the Supreme Court rules on SB 126 in a supervisory writ.
    Joe Sonka, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The suit is known as a petition for a writ of mandate and declaratory relief.
    Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The state attorney general has five days to file an emergency writ, a type of appeal, to seek a stay and keep the law in place.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 1 June 2021
  • In March, the court signed off on a writ that that would allow the sheriff’s department to garnish the couple’s wages and seize their bank accounts.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The same, writ even larger, could be said for Kidman, whose shrewd auteurist eye is revealed not just in one movie but through the arc of her career.
    Ann Hornaday, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2017
  • But after a rocky April and May for the club writ large, another round of postseason baseball is now on the immediate horizon.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 18 Sep. 2024

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