How to Use invitation in a Sentence

invitation

noun
  • We sent out more than 100 invitations for the party.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Last year, the comedian told The Hollywood Reporter that the invitation to host the awards show came right on time.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Dec. 2023
  • During these pre-cellphone years with my son, these check-ins and invitations are a saving grace.
    Maggie Smith, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • And when the feast finally does arrive, the lights overhead are an invitation to stroll down the avenue and see what delights are in store.
    Elena Giardina, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • An invitation to get sweaty on the dancefloor and let everything else go.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • My hope is that this season is an invitation, a christening, and a call to action.
    Marielle Elizabeth, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Throughout the 45-minute service, an interfaith group took that invitation to rant, cry and pray to heart.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But then an invitation came my way from LaBeouf himself.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • King Charles’s invitation to the ceremony had been extended to both the Duke and Duchess.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2023
  • What the discourse lacked when the Dodgers rescinded the invitation was a sense of curiosity.
    Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 2023
  • Yet this label was an invitation for wide-open prescribing to a person at any stage of the disease.
    Jason Karlawish, STAT, 6 Feb. 2024
  • To my surprise, none of the higher-ups responded with a high-five, a knowing nod in the hallway or an invitation to a power lunch.
    Yvonne Pasquini, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Add them to your cart before prices shoot back up (and before another invitation arrives in the mail).
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The invitations were met by strong reaction both from within and outside the right-wing party.
    Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The next batch of Fort Worth references come in the form of invitations to the group from local organizations.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Two years later, Willis would accept another invitation, this time to be a singer and trumpeter for the Detroit Emeralds, and that set the stage for his 19-year run with the group.
    Scott Talley, Detroit Free Press, 28 May 2023

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