Sample sentences for SOLICIT - verbalworkout.com

(click/touch triangles for details)

Definition

to ask or plead for something

(See Dictionary link for more specific senses of the word.)

In fact, as a group, the student observations I solicited were on the money.
Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Therefore be gone; solicit me no more.
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
But one got nothing by soliciting urgently.
Virginia Woolf -- To the Lighthouse
If you bethink yourself of any crime Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight.
William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice
That Father earnestly solicited me to accompany him, & I referred him to my partner.
Daniel Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man? did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me, or here place In this delicious garden?
John Milton -- Paradise Lost
He knew where to post ads on the Internet to solicit college football players.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
She was too shy to solicit orders, so I did it for her.
Jeannette Walls -- The Glass Castle
Members were set on the streets with cans to solicit funds for his burial.
Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
"Pal, don't you know there's a law against soliciting a police officer?"
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
The prosecution is soliciting an argument.
Walter Dean Myers -- Monster
Along the way, in railcars, stations, and hotels, he solicited the views of strangers about the fair while keeping his own identity a secret.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
When the chief, who had solicited the aid of Duncan, finished his pipe, he made a final and successful movement toward departing.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
"Let's assume he was, as you say, there to solicit a prostitute," Martin said.
Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
It had taken years to solicit this information about where she grew up.
James McBride -- The Color of Water
She needed a caterer, and it would probably be a good idea to start soliciting donations for the gift baskets.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
Fourteen billion to be solicited from a population of 160 million: nearly one hundred dollars, on average, from every man, woman, and child in America.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
You soliciting couch business?
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Richter often solicited David's opinion while Max was relegated to the role of silent spectator.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
I got quite a lot of unsolicited detail on that one.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You

(editor's note: The prefix "un-" in unsolicited means not and reverses the meaning of solicited. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.)

Dictionary / pronunciation — Google^®Dictionary list — Onelook.com^®

Search for other examples by interest

Interest — Source