How to Use invitation in a Sentence

invitation

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  • We sent out more than 100 invitations for the party.
  • The deal comes with a non-roster invitation to White Sox spring training and a chance to make the big club.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • At its core, The Whale is an invitation to spend time with this person.
    — Samuel D. Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
  • This year, commit to getting out of your own head and sending the text—or the voice memo, or the invitation to hang out—right away.
    — Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But that still wasn’t enough for Ware to earn a Rising Stars invitation.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • This is an invitation to look more closely at the complex lives of birds, and a salute to those who help pull back the curtain on the birds’ lives.
    — Julie Zickefoose, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Her invitation to become part of the Opry came as a surprise.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The album takes you on a journey, and the journey is an invitation.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 July 2024
  • The invitation for the 18-year-old prince, who was touring Canada at the time, came from the top — President James Buchanan.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
  • Ever get an invitation to an event and wonder who didn’t make the cut?
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Trump tried to move the debate to Fox News on Sept. 4, but the Harris campaign declined the invitation.
    — Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Aug. 2024
  • How fitting to get to do it with this story, a story rooted in the invitation to see the love around us and to stand in our very truth.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 June 2023
  • The Knights accepted an invitation on Sunday to face Duke in the bowl game.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The news comes after the palace revealed that invitations were sent to more than 2,000 guests who will form the congregation in the abbey.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Sadly my invitation to the coronation has been lost in the mail!
    — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This is the kind of nonfiction that feels like an invitation.
    — The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Musk did not respond to an invitation to tell Tesla’s side of the story.
    — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • That victory, the second major of the Spaniard’s career, earned Rahm an invitation to play in the Masters for the rest of his life.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • At the minister’s invitation, Pino has shared her fashion expertise—both in the markets and in the desert—with the group.
    — Julia Shipley, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2024
  • An invitation to the 10th floor of the Tiffany Landmark building is like a golden ticket.
    — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The Princess of Wales never responded to the invitation.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • So many legends have heard it as a dare, an invitation, a map to their do-it-yourself future.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Swift took advantage of an invitation from the All-Pro tight end to watch the game, and apparently had to see more of Kelce and the Chiefs in action.
    — Dennis Waszak, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The king and queen consort, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, were each extended an invitation, but none took the trip to California.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023
  • In the late 70’s, Quatro got an invitation to audition for Happy Days for the role of a female rock singer.
    — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The invitation asks attendees to arrive at Restaurant Allard, one of the most beloved bistros in Paris, at 9 pm.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The team then watched as the agents autonomously spread invitations, asked each other out on dates to the party, and planned to show up together at the right time.
    — Will Knight, WIRED, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Valentino’s invitation was a smooth black cube that opened to have nothing inside but a QR code.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 2 Oct. 2022
  • His three hearts accepts your invitation and suggests a six-card or strong five-card heart suit.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • So by the time the phone rang earlier this month with an invitation to a weeklong training camp in Florida, Anderson had stopped waiting.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025

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