Sentence examples for was petitioning from inspiring English sources
noun
A formal, written request made to an official person or organized body, often containing many signatures.
The announcement came three days after Jerry Hall revealed she was petitioning for divorce.
A Mr. Cotes was petitioning to be graduated with a total of 148 instead of 150 hours.
The university said it was petitioning the A-10 to have Terrell reinstated, declining to say what guidelines were cited.
Paperwork filed by Carla said she was petitioning for divorce on the grounds of Kyle's "unreasonable behaviour", according to the Press Association.
That was why in 1990 I was informed that Mumbaugh was petitioning for his release from prison and invited to write an "impact statement".
One widely used pesticide had stopped working as the psyllid evolved resistance, and Florida's citrus growers' association was petitioning one company to lift the twice-a-season restrictions on spraying young trees — increasingly its only hope for an uninfected harvest.
The RSC is petitioning the prime minister to take action.
Rinse has been petitioning for an FM licence since 2007, organising an international petition.
It's important to review why the Tea Party groups were petitioning the I.R.S. anyway.
Parents at P. S. 276 were petitioning to limit next year's kindergarten to avoid overcrowding.
"I've been petitioning the league to start in March for years now," Teixeira said, laughing.
