How to Use at the invitation of in a Sentence

at the invitation of

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  • Moves back to Paris at the invitation of Blanche Hays, a divorcée.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 1 July 2022
  • Asat spoke at the invitation of Grinis, who was then a junior.
    Haruka Sakaguchi, ProPublica, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Ju, 55, who lives in Koreatown, came to the U.S. a decade ago at the invitation of her older sister, who was at the audition to cheer her on.
    Jeong Park, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Ju, 55, who lives in Koreatown, came to the U.S. a decade ago at the invitation of her older sister, who was at the audition to cheer her on.
    Jeong Park, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The announcement marked the first expansion since South Africa joined in 2010 at the invitation of China.
    Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Pentagon has maintained that the presence of its forces is still at the invitation of the Iraqi government and nothing has changed.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Biden spoke on Sunday at the invitation of Raphael Warnock, Georgia's junior senator, who has been the pastor at the church since 2005.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2023
  • But Wednesday's statements came at the invitation of the presiding judge.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Declare a #NoFlyZone over Ukraine at the invitation of their sovereign govt.
    Grayson Quay, The Week, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Robin first visited Tahiti 15 years ago, at the invitation of his longtime friend Catherine Deneuve.
    April Long, Town & Country, 13 June 2022
  • In 1971, at the invitation of Dian Fossey, Humphrey spent two months in the mountains of Rwanda studying a group of silverback gorillas.
    Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Cindy Medina, a community leader on water issues in the valley, came to San Luis to see the fence at the invitation of those opposing it.
    Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
  • The state visit by the royal couple is at the invitation of President William Ruto and comes as Kenya prepares to celebrate 60 years of independence.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Blanc soon meets a distinctly disparate group of friends gathering at the invitation of billionaire Miles Bron for their yearly reunion.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 Dec. 2022
  • In later years, Errol Flynn moved into the estate’s poolhouse at the invitation of his host and the next owner, Huntington Hartford, heir to grocery store millions.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
  • Russian troops are also currently based in Niger at the invitation of Niger's military junta.
    Matt Seyler, ABC News, 19 May 2024
  • Mark Kelly At a dinner recently with friends, Henry Kissinger was, at the invitation of his host as usual, holding forth on various world crises when he was asked what gave him reason for optimism.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The luxury jeweler has selected the actors to receive the prestigious Trophée Chopard, an award doled out since 2001 at the invitation of the house’s Caroline Scheufele as a way to honor cinema’s rising stars.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
  • Kerry is in Shanghai at the invitation of the Chinese ministry of ecology and environment, said Zhao Lijian, a spokesman at the foreign ministry, when asked at a regular media briefing who proposed the face-to-face meeting.
    NBC News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • His first international exhibition was in Los Angeles, at the invitation of the Mexican Consulate in that city.
    Imelda García, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The troupe has regularly visited Middletown at the invitation of the local socially conscious theater Artfarm.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Routh left public service then, returning in 2015 at the invitation of then-Sheriff Doc Holladay to serve as administrative lieutenant for safety and security at the jail before Hyde offered him a job at the detention center as assistant director.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Costello testified at the invitation of prosecutors, presumably as a way to ensure that the grand jury had an opportunity to consider any testimony or evidence that might weaken the case for moving forward with an indictment.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023

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