Post

//pəʊst//

"Post" in a Sentence (59 examples)

You should apply for that post.

I want you to go to the post office.

The lack of modern post facilities caused trouble for many shippers.

Would you be so kind as to post my letter?

The burglar broke into the post office in broad daylight.

No one but a strong man is fit for the post.

I'll call by the post office on the way home.

Remember to post the letter on your way to school.

If it isn't out of your way, please take this letter to the post office.

Please remember to post the letter on your way home.

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ram a post into the ground

But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.

when God ſends coyne, I will diſcharge your poaſt

Post no bills.

Martin Luther posted his ninety five theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenburg.

The company posted record profits this quarter.

Although New York City preceded many large cities in posting a drop in homicides and other violent offenses in the early 1990s, by the end of the decade it also seemed to be at the forefront of a possible cyclical rebound.

He’s saying if you can’t win, quitting is okay? What would the PGA say if golfers quit the tournament after posting a high score?

to post someone for cowardice

On Pain of being posted to your Sorrow Fail not, at Four, to meet me here To-morrow.

You have not poſted your Books theſe Ten years; hovv is it poſſible for a Man of Buſineſs to keep his Affairs even in the VVorld at this rate?

thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day

Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.

to post bail

For example, if the police or court sets bail at $1,000, and a suspect owns a fancy watch worth at least that amount, the defendant may be able to use the watch to post bail.

Because wealthy defendants are better positioned to post bail or provide collateral, the American bail system has been criticized as being biased against the poor.

Carmen posted a $15,000 bond, and like the other Valenzuelas before her, failed to appear for trial. Morgan's scorecard for case 4: 4.4 pounds seized, 2 Valenzuelas arrested, 1 Valenzuela dismissed, 1 bail jump.

When you post bail, and the case is over, the court system will take 30 percent of that bail which, in this example, will be $3,000 of the original 10 percent that you posted. Hence, you will get $7,000 back.

a stage or railway post

September 6th.—The English mail of the 10th of July arrived to-day, and while Mr. Hart was at the Foreign Office engaged on business with Wan-se-ang and Hang-Ki, he received his Shang-hai letters, one of which contained the news of the recapture by the Imperial forces of the cities of Woo-tu and Nan-ching, two important rebel posts.

I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post.

in certain ſet places there be alwaies fresh Poſts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the others

information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.

sent via post; parcel post

I take it too as an opportunity of sending you the fair copy of the poem on Dullness, which was not then finished, and which I should not care to hazard by the common post.

Royal Mail worker Evette Chapman gathered a team of 12 colleagues to deliver post in fancy dress and raise money for a nurses' charity and patients in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.

Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

And then in post he came from Mantua.

there he held the office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years.

Beyond Cologne we descended to the plain of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way […].

Post speedily to my lord your husband.

thousand at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.

Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.

I couldn't figure it out, so I posted a question on the mailing list.

His highness comes post from Marseilles,

In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.

We therefore determined to change Horses at the next Town and to travel Post the remainder of the Journey.

He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

As hard as this may seem for some people to understand, my adamant stand in favor of President Clinton leaving his post was not personal.

She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.

Post a sentinel in front of the door.

[I]t might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant that had passed as master and commander, or to get him "posted"— […]

One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.

Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.

we'll fix it in post

Admittedly many of these can be fixed in post, but this may limit your flexibility in other areas.

I gotta run. Yes, send the kid to the morgue. We'll do a post on Monday.

The computer had a bunch of strange components, but it still POSTed so I assumed everything worked.

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