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Use second the motion in a sentence

Second the motion Definition

To agree with a suggestion

Sentence Examples

I second that motion.

I seconded that motion.

Who seconds the motion?

"I do not second that motion."

So nobody seconded that motion.

"I don't second the motion," she declined.

Miss Snob seconded this motion with her customary enthusiasm.

"Second the motion", came from Tom, and the others agreed, too.

"Second the motion, unless you've got a better suggestion," added Harry.

"Does anyone second the motion, that we work first for the Christmas Ship?"

[From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)]

Moloch having proposed battle, the mysterious stranger rises to second the motion.

[From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various]

Joe seconded the motion, and the chairman asked: "Are there any remarks on the motion?"

"We all seconded her motion, and in a few moments we were all as naked as we were born."

[From The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Percival, Kate]