How to Use objection in a Sentence

objection

noun
  • He said he had no objection to the plan.
  • My main objection is that some people will have to pay more than others.
  • The gallery snickered at Brooks’ objection to the polling of the jurors.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2022
  • This is over the objection of the woman's lawyer Tony Buzbee.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The state takeover of Shelby Park comes over the objections of the city of Eagle Pass, which owns the land.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
  • But that was not the substance of objections from Democrats.
    The Editors, National Review, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But Matthews did not share the details of that objection.
    Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Rather, his objection was with the timing of the request.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Parties in the case and others will have three days to file objections.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • That expansion came over the objection of the court's chief justice at the time.
    Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • And of course, there are other objections to the program.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The injunction gives the CSD three months to rule on Barcelona’s objections.
    Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Not only that, both the House and Senate would have to agree for the objection to succeed.
    Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 22 July 2022
  • This doesn’t mean your wife’s objections can be brushed aside.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • That should have been a red flag for me, but my self-esteem at the time, in many ways, agreed with his objection.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 July 2022
  • The state's Board of Elections is set to meet Wednesday to review the objection.
    Allison Novelo, CBS News, 26 June 2024
  • Certain objections rise even in the mind of the reader stirred by these kinds of accounts.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • The main objection to LAX centers on the horseshoe shape of its layout.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Both sides have five business days to file objections to the election, the NLRB said.
    Kristin M. Hall, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Still, the plan quickly ran into objections from the hard right that jeopardize its chances in the House.
    Erik Wasson, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The sentence trailed off because the objection was written on my face.
    Olayemi Olurin, Essence, 4 July 2023
  • But objections over Gaza do not appear to have put a dent in the president's war chest thus far.
    USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • And so, when one side appears to write past that limit, the other side calls foul and files an objection in court.
    Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
  • No, the objection stemmed from the fact that McDaniel was an active participant in the plot to subvert the 2020 vote.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, the league has a number of formal objections to the re-org plan up its sleeve, and as Bromley said, those will be dealt with in due course.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The measure would also raise the threshold for any objection made by the Senate and House to a state's electoral votes.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • This, to me, is the most serious objection to the proposal.
    John Danaher, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2023
  • There were only a handful of shouted objections in the hall.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
  • Legal had no objection to the meeting and it was scheduled.
    Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The Corps started pressing forward over objections from fish advocates and power users who said the plan was costly and untested.
    Tony Schick, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025

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