How to Use pro and con in a Sentence

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• Vengeance for Agamemnon’s killing—and arguments pro and con—form the last two acts.
  — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• Over the weekend, Facebook pages were lit up, and e-mails — pro and con — were flying.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2021
• There was quite a bit of input, both pro and con during a meeting to discuss the issue.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2020
• Romanoff says that writing out a simple pro and con list could be helpful.
  — Kate Watson, Allure, 8 July 2021
• In Sunday's episode, 37-year-old Shaeeda sat down with Bilal, 42, to make a pro and con list about having a baby.
  — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022
• Live-chicken stores have for decades provoked strong reactions, pro and con.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• No one on the lists of potential VPs arouses more passionate emotions, both pro and con.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2020
• There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2022
• The messaging by the pro and con groups has stepped up closer to the election, particularly through TV ads, mailings and phone calls.
  — Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Here, according to a 2020 brief from the Education Commission of the States, are the main arguments - pro and con - for the policy.
  — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 9 May 2021
• Last week’s newsletter on the Electoral College brought plenty of pro and con readers for this indirect election of the president.
  — Eva Hambach, National Geographic, 26 Oct. 2020
• Pritzker and Griffin dumped millions into their respective pro and con campaigns.
  — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 30 Dec. 2020
• The secretary of state would put all initiatives on its website, allowing anyone to read the full language and pro and con statements submitted by the state government, just as in the current Blue Book.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 7 June 2020
• Another hearing allowing all testimony - pro and con - will be scheduled for the future.
  — cleveland, 22 June 2021
• On March 10 of this year, students disrupted a panel at the law school, sponsored by the conservative Federalist Society, which featured pro and con discussion of free speech zones and free speech rights on campus.
  — Michael Poliakoff, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
• The comment period after the executive director and equine medical director’s report has turned into a free-for-all on almost any topic, both pro and con racing.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 7 Aug 2024