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
  • This was the Screws Court’s objection to what is now Section 242.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 23 Feb. 2022
  • But Matthews did not share the details of that objection.
    — Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The state took issue with the vagueness of the payment in its objection.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 8 Sep. 2021
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • The objection tool was used only once in its first 100 years.
    — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2022
  • This doesn’t mean your wife’s objections can be brushed aside.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The judge gave the attorneys a chance to raise objections page by page, line by line, word by word.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 25 June 2025
  • 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
  • The board said both parties have five business days to file objections to the election.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
  • 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 city filed an objection to the judge’s order Friday, but Pate ignored it.
    — al, 2 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • There can be ways to overcome the objections of the people who are concerned that new technology will make their jobs obsolete.
    — Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Levine Cava has raised objections over the state’s aggressive tactics and environmental risks.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025

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