Sentence examples for decrees a from inspiring English sources

Instead, Moses decrees a massacre of the 3,000 idolators: "Every man kill his brother".

Tradition decrees a crowded exodus and an even more crowded return over the week-end holiday which lowers the official curtain upon Summer.

Australians will also be banned from visiting a foreign region that the foreign minister decrees a "declared area": one where terrorist groups are fighting.

"The hallmark of a sociopath is a lack of empathy," decrees a (female) TV pundit, finding his masculine reticence to be proof of guilt.

In a fixed attitude of defiance against his own tyrannical father, Eugene decrees a life of enlightened autonomy for his son, unaware of the tyrannical nature of his fiats.

When Eric Pickles, the secretary for communities and local government, decrees a freeze on council tax, he leaves councils that want to raise it to choose between being penalised by his department or staging a costly referendum.

Suharto decreed a quick and quiet funeral.

It can decree an election, or it can decree a coin flip.

Instead it decreed a rise in connection charges.

Heading a large company, I could probably decree a dress code in great precision.

The tomato, though a fruit to botanists, has been decreed a vegetable by the United States Supreme Court.