sued Examples
EN[-uːd]- Examples of sue
- I had to sign a waiver when I went skydiving, agreeing not to sue even if something went wrong.
- I was about to sue them, but I had to back down.
- I was going to sue them, but now I'm going to have to back down.
- I was going to sue, until my legal advisors told me to back off.
- I retract all the accusations I made about the senator and sincerely hope he won't sue me.
- to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal
- to sue a ship
- Examples of sued
- Then it sued StubHub in Massachusetts state court, arguing that it had encouraged fans to flout the state’s antiscalping law and the team’s own contract with ticket holders.
- Unbelievably, Rudy saved the man's life but got sued for breaking two of his ribs.
- When sued for refusing to pay for services provided by a prostitute, the customer raised the defense of illegality.
- The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages.
- She sued the author of the biography, claiming it painted her as a duplicitous fraud.
- Examples of suing
- Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment.
- Suing his employer for negligence rather than for violation of the Federal Employers Liability Act was an artful pleading, and the defendant properly removed the proceedings to federal district court.
- It was upon his return to London that Bok learned, through the confidence of a member of the British “inner circle,” the amazing news that the war was practically over: that Bulgaria had capitulated and was suing for peace; ...
- The Queen of Canada in Right of Quebec is suing the Queen of Canada in Right of Newfoundland.
Examples of sued in a Sentence
Source: Wiktionary