How To Use Ultimatum In A Sentence

  • The giggles ceased, mainly because Jocelyn at this awful ultimatum also ceased to waggle her ears. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
  • When playing the ultimatum game, be aware that there's a neural basis to economic decision making.
  • If she won't accept advice, give her an ultimatum. The Sun
  • They issued an ultimatum to the police to rid an area of racist attackers, or they will take the law into their own hands.
  • Union officers are defying the council ultimatum and continuing the jobs they were elected to.
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  • If the ultimatum is not at once accepted we may look for that dreadful catastrophe, a sex war. Elections Past
  • A mass meeting in Dundee faced down an ultimatum from council bosses.
  • This should be an ultimatum - accept new terms and conditions or think about an alternative career.
  • There will be some speeific German ultimatum that would trigger a negotiation rather than a war.
  • The giggles ceased, mainly because Jocelyn at this awful ultimatum also ceased to waggle her ears. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
  • The giggles ceased, mainly because Jocelyn at this awful ultimatum also ceased to waggle her ears. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
  • His upset, the doctor recorded, was “due to what he termed an ultimatum that had been served upon him by Bulganin.” Eisenhower 1956
  • The Maoists 'move came a fortnight after they served an ultimatum to General Katawal, seeking his clarification on recruitments by military, its "hastiness" in reinstating eight generals retired by the government and its decision not to participate in the National Games. IBN Top Headlines
  • He gave her an ultimatum - she could either stop seeing Peter and come back to him or it was divorce.
  • NGU.EN: And an ultimatum from Iran: They are demanding that the West renegotiate a U. N.-backed deal aimed at keeping enriched uranium out of Iran, or the Islamic republic will go ahead and enrich nuclear fuel on its own. CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2010
  • The President refused to be drawn into delivering an ultimatum
  • With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
  • Palmer, don't give me an ultimatum, for heaven's sake.
  • The government denied that it had presented the union with an ultimatum.
  • With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
  • Lightning G.M. Jay Feaster's ultimatum in the off season was that if a player didn't sign, he'd make them sit the whole season.
  • In the commons, Pitt asserted that the rupture of the negociations was wholly due to the directory, who demanded, not as an ultimatum, but as a preliminary, to retain all territories of which the war had given them possession; and respecting which they had thought proper to pass a decree, annexing them unalienably to the republic. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
  • As the film itself points out, they had virtually issued an ultimatum to this country with its oil embargo.
  • And a different kind of storm looms with the neighbour who issues an ultimatum over selling his wing of the castle. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lord Dondo and I were sent as the envoys, under the flag of parley, to deliver an ultimatum to Olus and arrange the terms and ransoms. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • The incident made news only when coffee planters issued an ultimatum to the Government threatening to hunt down the elephants if it did not take measures to contain the elephants in the forests.
  • The group issued him with a formal letter and ultimatum. The Sun
  • Mitchell felt their ultimatum left Fifa with little room for manoeuvre.
  • Aug. 1 -- Government's inquiry about France's intentions concerning ultimatum to Russia causes French mobilization; Kaiser signs mobilization order; Reichstag convoked; war speech by Chancellor; The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915
  • The threat of closure hangs over Cavendish Square Post Office, which has issued a ‘use it or lose it’ ultimatum to its customers.
  • When a relationship moves more slowly than you want, it is tempting to issue an ultimatum. The Sun
  • The Maoists 'move came a fortnight after they served an ultimatum to Gen Katawal, seeking his clarification on recruitments by military, its "hastiness" in reinstating eight generals retired by the government and its decision not to participate in the National Games. The Times of India
  • Feigning surprise, the British and French issued an ultimatum to both sides to cease fire.
  • The editorial amounts to an ultimatum to carry out the bidding of the extreme right.
  • The union lifted the gherao after giving the electricity board a one-day ultimatum.
  • Three other doctors stood in the doorway in suits and lab coats as Dana, dressed only in her pajamas, was given the ultimatum.
  • The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.
  • Well, if you reject the logic of ultimatums, you're telling Iraq you have forever to disarm, which is contradicted by 1441 which said you must immediately disarm, which raises questions about France's commitment to 1441. CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2003
  • And in turn, her parents gave her an ultimatum: no extra allowances, and no extra money from them.
  • He gave Telecom an ultimatum; either they immediately repaint the blue boxes red, or war would recommence.
  • Hermia has her own problems, though, since her father gives her the ultimatum of the nunnery, death, or a future with the lipless wonder Demetrius.
  • I hope you won’t mind if I copy the way you made argumental ultimatums earlier in this thread: If you’re not pissed off, then try following some of these links
  • The ultimatum contained the threat of military force.
  • The lippy critic was given a ‘put up or shut up ultimatum’ by four fans who appeared on BBC 1's Football Focus earlier in the season.
  • This ultimatum was bound to create a grave crisis.
  • Their modus operandi of presenting ultimatums while refusing to negotiate can only mean that this administration is not seriously interested in obtaining compliance.
  • The Boer ultimatum, by making it impossible for the British Government to be any longer cajoled into an elusory settlement by Boer diplomacy, had relieved Lord Milner of a load of anxiety, and closed a period of unparalleled physical and mental strain. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902
  • If you give him an ultimatum it might make him realise he doesn't want to lose you. The Sun
  • I want to give him an ultimatum - lose the drink and drugs or lose me. The Sun
  • If that were not embarrassing enough, senior technical officials issued an ultimatum that may still jeopardise the entire athletics programme. Times, Sunday Times
  • Turned down the ultimatum from "The Anglican Communion" that a committee of bishops from abroad must come to the U.S. and "administer" on behalf of the anti-gay conservatives. Gail Godwin's 'Solo Notes' Journal: Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature
  • He had even confronted him with an ultimatum to cease and desist or find a new job.
  • Although she rejected the ultimatum, she is clearly on the defensive.
  • On Wednesday night the UN issued its toughest ultimatum to date, demanding that all troops withdraw from the city.
  • The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.
  • Not expecting a response, Sarah is startled when, as a dark wind blows, Jareth appears in a sparkling black robe, wielding magical glass spheres and offering an ultimatum.
  • Some of those anti-Semite, anti-Christian, anti-having Christmas like they used to havers will say that Bill gave another ultimatum on January 24th the TV Factor. O'Reilly's COUNTDOWN Reaches -0-: Will Bill Cut & Run Today?
  • Give him an ultimatum if you want to give him a last chance. The Sun
  • Rambouillet was not a negotiation - as is often claimed - but an ultimatum.
  • This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.
  • You feel hurt and rejected by his ultimatum, which he has given without much thought for your feelings.
  • The upshot of the visit was the withdrawal of the Berlin ultimatum in favour of a conference.
  • In spite of my ultimatum, my dad hovered around, worrying I might get hurt due to my so-called clumsiness! Chicken Do Pyaza
  • The governors have been given a ten-day ultimatum to present an action plan to improve the school or lose its funding, in effect closing it. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hijacking every video screen, the anonym delivers an ultimatum. HH Com 546
  • Yahoo responded with a letter of its own in which it called his ultimatum "counterproductive. Yahoo Continues to Weigh Tie-Up Prospects
  • That ultimatum was delivered to him in much smoother terms, with more diplomacy, but the outcome was the same. Times, Sunday Times
  • Germany has delivered another ultimatum to Greece to write reforms into law if it wants vital funding to avoid running out of cash. Times, Sunday Times
  • The workers were sacked a week later because they ignored an ultimatum ordering them back to work.
  • He accepted an improved offer, which they got after facing down an ultimatum from the council.
  • In recent years he has repeatedly issued ultimatums demanding that area plants become more profitable.
  • An ultimatum has been issued to him to withdraw his troops from our territory.
  • I was confronted with the official ultimatum and _sine quâ non_, and have subsequently learnt that the cause of this self-denying ordinance is due to the uncontrollable enthusiasm of British Public for works of art, which leads them to signify approbation by puncturing innumerable orifices by dint of sticks or umbrellas in the process of pointing out tit-bits of painting, and on account of the detrimental influence on the marketable value of pictures thus distinguished by the plerophory of the _Vox Populi_. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
  • The republic would remain in a loose confederation with Yugoslavia, the ultimatum continued, which should be renamed the ‘Association of the States of Serbia and Montenegro’.
  • Next day the EU summit strengthened their ultimatum.
  • The teachers resigned in protest at a government ultimatum that they either return to their jobs or be sacked.
  • The contention that "all of the people of Canada" should benefit from the inequitable distribution of mineral and other resources is at best a political euphemism for centralized control of fiscal policy, and hence the ultimatum in Mr. Turner's budgets of last May and November. The Incredible Resource Battle
  • RIYADH/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels are expected to hand over five captive Saudi soldiers in less than a week, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported on Sunday, following a 48-hour ultimatum set by Riyadh. Reuters: Top News
  • He gave her an ultimatum - she could either stop seeing Peter and come back to him or it was divorce.
  • This ultimatum was bound to create a grave crisis.
  • Three days later, Coop management locked out workers following an ultimatum to accept the contract.
  • This was a case of a deputy shirt-fronting her leader with an ultimatum and forcing a decision that would come close to wrecking the government's environmental credibility.
  • Well, give him an ultimatum : either he pays by Friday or he finds somewhere else to live.
  • The ultimatum contained the threat of military force.
  • Tell him that he isn't committing enough to your relationship and then issue an ultimatum. The Sun
  • In the morning she gave him what she called an ultimatum. Portobello
  • Give him an ultimatum - you or his girlfriend. The Sun
  • He rejected the proposals as an ultimatum imposed by the British military establishment.
  • At issue was an ultimatum issued for a crackdown on the privatization of health care.
  • For a start, don't make things worse: avoid anger, rows, confrontation and ultimatums.
  • Whether true or not, the story was quickly seized upon to issue its ultimatum.
  • Instead of the usual chest beating and ultimatums before the calculators were pulled out, a representative from the Writers Guild of America made a surprising proposal: instead of figuring out what Google had to offer the rights holders to pursue its current plan, what if Google took on an even more ambitious role—not just as an archivist for books, but as the designated digital bookstore for the millions of tomes otherwise unavailable? In the Plex
  • Blaming a personality clash within the department for her ultimatum, she said she would resume work when her back was better.
  • Give him an ultimatum. The Sun
  • Instead, he issued an ultimatum to the people who are suffering under this occupation.
  • These moves fulfill an ultimatum made to last term's Union President.
  • Lord Dondo and I were sent as the envoys, under the flag of parley, to deliver an ultimatum to Olus and arrange the terms and ransoms. THE CURSE OF CHALION
  • On the way there he pulls over to deliver an ultimatum - if she goes ahead with the surrogacy, their relationship is over. The Sun
  • He had come with an ultimatum. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mitchell felt their ultimatum left Fifa with little room for manoeuvre.
  • He linked the ultimatum directly to the needs of international investors.
  • His Golden-footed Majesty presently repented him of his arbitrary "cantankerousness," and in due time my ultimatum was accepted. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
  • Thomas Foster Jr., the son of a wealthy Mississippi planter, was given an ultimatum by his family to either discontinue his love affair with a slave woman or exile himself from his home and Southern society. A Renegade History of the United States
  • Helpfully, Rouhani angrily rejected the weak resolution adopted on Saturday, September 18, almost immediately, referring to it as an “ultimatum” that Iran could never accept. Surrender is not an Option
  • You are NOW to know, that upon this very morning, an embassy from the willow-wearers all -- or, to speak indeed more germanely to the matter, of the BASKET-BEARERS [22], waited upon their beautiful enemy with an ultimatum and manifesto in one, importing first a requisition to surrender; then, in case of refusal to capitulate, the announcement that HYMEN having found in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
  • Well, give him an ultimatum : either he pays by Friday or he finds somewhere else to live.
  • He gave her an ultimatum - she could either stop seeing Peter and come back to him or it was divorce.
  • His family issued an ultimatum: he returned to rehab in 2006 and said he had remained sober since. Times, Sunday Times
  • And he gives her an ultimatum. The Sun
  • I'm sure Obama will consider Senator Clinton, however, this divisive public ultimatum is not helpful to the party to win in November. BET founder to push for Clinton as Obama's VP pick
  • He reacted by demanding that he should not be confronted with an ultimatum.
  • Now that he had done it, he felt amazed at his own temerity in delivering such an ultimatum to the Coronal. VALENTINE PONTIFEX
  • He has been given an ultimatum by his fiancée to put on as much weight as possible before their wedding two weeks after next summer's Olympics. Times, Sunday Times
  • Ultimatum is used in nuclear reactors as a reflector or moderator for it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section.
  • The ultimatum contained the threat of military force.
  • Every attempt to accommodate to the demands has been met by new ultimatums.
  • The opposition Armenian National Congress has called a protest for March 17, after delivering the government what it called an ultimatum earlier this month. Azerbaijan Protestors Fail to Gain Clout
  • You could give him an ultimatum, but don't hold your breath. The Sun
  • The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business.
  • On February 21 the council gave him an ultimatum of resigning or being sacked.
  • An ultimatum has been issued to him to withdraw his troops from our territory.
  • Now, that's not a market force, that's not cheap labor; that's an ultimatum from the Chinese government saying 'you want to sell here, you gotta produce here.' Mark Green: 7 Days: The Week That Ended a War & a Candidacy, with Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin and Arianna, Bender & Green
  • The State Council gave the armed groups an ultimatum to lay down their arms by March 30 and to open transport routes.
  • Do I put up and shut up, or give an ultimatum? The Sun
  • Meanwhile, President Barack Obama was among the many leaders stepping up the pressure, issuing what he called a "non-negotiable ultimatum" to Gadhafi to immediately cease further military action against his own citizens and restore basic utility services to areas recently held by rebels. MarketWatch.com - Top Stories
  • Ben-Gurion agreed to drop paratroops deep into the Sinai, seeming to threaten the Canal; in response the British and French would issue an ultimatum to both the Israelis and the Egyptians, demanding that the Israelis withdraw their troops—and that the Egyptians allow Anglo-French forces to occupy key positions along the Canal. Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
  • For example, after the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand in 1914, the government of Austria sent an ultimatum to Serbia, which Austria held responsible for the assassination. Ultimatum
  • For this very reason, Germany would almost certainly stay in the euro if faced with an ultimatum. Times, Sunday Times
  • Most sinister of all is Pablo's ultimatum to you signifying his intention to move in and help the revisionist minority overthrow the majority in your party.
  • Mr. Beck, in his judgment, says: "The ultimatum is grossly unreasonable and disappropriate to any grievance that Austria had. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe
  • This ultimatum was bound to create a grave crisis.
  • They were nearly identical with the terms formulated in the British ultimatum, which Napoleon had rejected. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
  • With the support of the ad agency's unlikeable owners, Greer delivers an ultimatum: book into detox or lose your cushy job.
  • Well, give him an ultimatum : either he pays by Friday or he finds somewhere else to live.

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