How to Use invitation in a Sentence

invitation

noun
  • We sent out more than 100 invitations for the party.
  • The deal comes with a non-roster invitation to White Sox spring training and a chance to make the big club.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • At its core, The Whale is an invitation to spend time with this person.
    — Samuel D. Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The gaping maw of the blank doorway had stood on the shore road for years as invitation to the miseries banked within.
    — Kevin Barry, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • This year, commit to getting out of your own head and sending the text—or the voice memo, or the invitation to hang out—right away.
    — Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But that still wasn’t enough for Ware to earn a Rising Stars invitation.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • This is an invitation to look more closely at the complex lives of birds, and a salute to those who help pull back the curtain on the birds’ lives.
    — Julie Zickefoose, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Her invitation to become part of the Opry came as a surprise.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The White House did not mention the invitation in its own readout.
    — NBC News, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The album takes you on a journey, and the journey is an invitation.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 July 2024
  • The invitation for the 18-year-old prince, who was touring Canada at the time, came from the top — President James Buchanan.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
  • Ever get an invitation to an event and wonder who didn’t make the cut?
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
  • There’s no flash or drama, just an invitation to touch, to breathe, to settle in.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The invitation is just one of the many accolades the 6-foot-4 forward has wracked up in recent months.
    — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2022
  • Trump tried to move the debate to Fox News on Sept. 4, but the Harris campaign declined the invitation.
    — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Aug. 2024
  • How fitting to get to do it with this story, a story rooted in the invitation to see the love around us and to stand in our very truth.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • For some readers, all this will be an invitation to go AWOL.
    — James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • The Knights accepted an invitation on Sunday to face Duke in the bowl game.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The news comes after the palace revealed that invitations were sent to more than 2,000 guests who will form the congregation in the abbey.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Sadly my invitation to the coronation has been lost in the mail!
    — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
  • And for you doubters or ingenues, here are myths debunked, and an invitation to the voyages of a lifetime.
    — Sue Bryant and Mark Ellwood, Town & Country, 17 June 2022
  • But Nolan didn’t want to talk about it, and blew off Thomas’ invitation to hang out in favor of returning to the office.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The air framed beyond the high window is an invitation.
    — Emily Skillings, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
  • This is the kind of nonfiction that feels like an invitation.
    — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022
  • This is your invitation to come on in, have a seat, eat some popcorn and be entertained for two hours.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022
  • Musk did not respond to an invitation to tell Tesla’s side of the story.
    — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • That victory, the second major of the Spaniard’s career, earned Rahm an invitation to play in the Masters for the rest of his life.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The pet repeatedly drags his paws against the window from the inside, but the elk doesn't respond to the invitation.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Public bid invitations and proposals spanning years, however, link him to the company.
    — Sacbee.com, 7 July 2025
  • Perugia made several hundred special models for the exhibition, and Poiret sent out ten thousand invitations….Perugia was made in Paris by reception.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 July 2025

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