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
• This is a transitional year, not just in the TV industry writ large but at the Emmys.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024