Sentence examples for had petitioned from inspiring English sources

The McEwans had petitioned to adopt a child.

The American Bird Conservancy and the Center for Biological Diversity had petitioned for the ban.

From a Texas detention center, Mr. Spence had petitioned the Supreme Court himself before his deportation.

Several news organizations, including The New York Times, had petitioned for access to the records.

In some states, particularly South Carolina, those who had petitioned had suffered economic reprisals.

Ms. Johnson's lawyer, Douglas Thomas, said he had petitioned the state to reinstate her as superintendent.

The Kazakh government had petitioned the courts to remove the freeze.

Hamm had petitioned to be named directly to the team after his injury.

He had petitioned for it, the bend in the arcade presenting what seemed to him an irresistible geometric challenge.

But states with major accumulations of waste from nuclear weapons production had petitioned to prevent the department from doing so.

Some Native Hawaiian groups had petitioned against the project, arguing that it would defile the mountain's sacred summit.