Sample sentences for ULTIMATUM

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Definition

a final demand that carries a threat if it is rejected

The union gave the company an ultimatum-saying they will call a strike if wages are not raised by Monday.

ultimatum = a final demand that carries a threat if it is rejected

Russia presented Ukraine with an ultimatum that could not be ignored.

ultimatum = a final demand that carries a threat if it is rejected

Helen realized then that Bo saw through the cowboy—that the ultimatum was only one of his tricks.
Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest
I still resented my wife for presenting me with what felt like an ultimatum.
Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
This ultimatum we delayed a few minutes to let a ship pass beyond horizon; we weren't taking chances—one missile and Luna would have been helpless.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Look, I'm not going to give you any more ultimatums tonight—or I guess it's this morning.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
This ultimatum seemed impossible, but I still felt happy because this was her way of giving us one last chance.
Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
Let them draft notes and ultimatums and protests and accusations.
Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun
After a brief consideration, John removed his ultimatum, but the look he gave me chilled me to the bone.
Stephen King -- Rose Red
Used her imminent arrival and feeble attempt at murder as an exercise of his will against hers—an ultimatum to the universe.
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon
Were you trying to help him when you gave him the ultimatum to join the Masons?
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
But he could not bring himself to accept Charlie's ultimatum.
Doris Lessing -- The Grass is Singing
He stood there, hands on hips, glaring at me, and not at all satisfied with this ultimatum.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
Japan ignored the ultimatum.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
He hadn't wanted her to feel as if he were giving her an ultimatum, but thinking back, he realized that was exactly what he had done.
Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle
You and the satyr have been helping this hero-coming here to threaten me in Poseidon's name, no doubt-to bring me an ultimatum.
Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief
This time he bore an ultimatum: surrender the fort or face annihilation.
David G. McCullough -- 1776
Blanca was not surprised, for it was not the first time he had given her an ultimatum.
Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits
On goes the slaughter, and all the while, lurking in the back of my head is Cain's ultimatum.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
I thought about Maxon and his ultimatum, his demand for me to commit.
Kiera Cass -- The Elite

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