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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Last month, the court declined over the objection of only one justice: Clarence Thomas.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • If an objection is lodged, a judge presides over a hearing to decide whether or not the record should be cleared.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The defense objected to the response, and the judge sustained the objection, meaning the jury cannot consider his response as evidence.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
  • If the House Republicans fall in line with the president, overcoming unified Democratic objections, the package would next go to the Senate.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025

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