How to Use sue in a Sentence

sue

verb

• Some people sue over the most minor things.
• They've threatened to sue the company.
• He is suing the doctor who performed the unnecessary surgery.
• People injured in accidents caused by the defective tire have threatened to sue.
• Now the city has also sued some of the organizers of the events.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• The brief also challenged the states’ right to sue over the program.
  — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• But those weren’t the issues that led me and five of my colleagues to sue them.
  — Avraham Goldstein, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
• The Democrats opposed it, and the backers of the amendment might be suing over it.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
• Warner has sued the league and the matter is making its way through the courts.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024
• Gaetz had sued the committee to stop the release of the report.
  — Will Steakin, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
• For the many dams that don’t have owners, victims don’t know who to sue.
  — Sarah Hume, The Courier-Journal, 20 Oct. 2022
• Activists sue for the right to protest Rick Caruso’s campaign at the Grove.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
• Twitter plans to sue Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 July 2022
• At least one person yelled during the show that Rock should sue Smith.
  — Michael Casey, ajc, 31 Mar. 2022
• Richardson has filed a notice of intent to sue the county over the charge.
  — oregonlive, 23 May 2022
• Twitter has the right to sue him to follow through with the current agreement.
  — Cara Lombardo, WSJ, 15 June 2022
• ByteDance sued to block the law, and the case was argued in front of a federal appeals court last month.
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• Even if DeWine doesn’t sue over the bill, a future governor may have to.
  — cleveland, 12 Jan. 2022
• So maybe Sheila could sue Georgette for breach of contract.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025
• Anybody can be sued, even for a tacky stunt like the alderman pulled.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
• As a Black man, was Dred Scott a citizen, with the right to sue in a federal court?
  — David W. Blight Max-O-Matic, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Most of the women Watson saw for massages did not sue or call the police.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• When do Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro sue them for lack of support?
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2023
• Epps has sued the network for defamation, but Fox has moved to dismiss the lawsuit.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• Ergo, Missouri couldn’t sue since the state wasn’t directly harmed by the loan write-off.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
• In 1997, the victims' families sued O.J., who was found liable in their deaths.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• Warner is furious, and calls for her firm to sue for breach of contract.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• Read more The family of a Maui woman who died in wildfires has sued the county and state.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• Some homeowners had sued to reopen the roads in federal court, but the court sided with the tribe.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
• Bonta has been busy with other anti-Trump actions of late, suing the administration this week over the halting of windfarm projects and mass federal firings, adding to more than a dozen lawsuits his office has already filed against the president.
  — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025