How to Use put before in a Sentence

put before

phrasal verb

• And this goes for most any bill put before me to vote on.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• The push to stop changing clocks was put before Congress in the last couple of years.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
• The vote at next week’s AGM will be the second time Musk’s pay package has been put before shareholders.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 June 2024
• Next month’s vote will be the second time Musk’s pay package has been put before shareholders.
  — Dana Hull, Fortune, 18 May 2024
• Because greed and profit put before people is now a disease found in all workplaces in the United States.
  — Manuela Santacatterina, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• The proposal put before the UN, for example, could claim the 1967 lines as its borders and East Jerusalem as its capital.
  — Isaac Herzog, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2011
• Anna has a fearless fervor and is ready to throw herself at any challenge The Boulet Brothers' Dragula puts before her in her pursuit for the title.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2023
• The temporary restraining order will be put before a court on June 23, The Daily Mail reported.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• Most of those who are tried are put before military courts that almost never acquit defendants and often do not follow due process, human rights groups say.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
• Most of those who are tried are put before military courts that almost never acquit defendants and often don’t follow due process, human rights groups say.
  — Najib Jobain, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2023
• The items the four would immediately put before the council, related to homelessness, would vastly differ.
  — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
• But Democrats in Sacramento are also eyeing several other bond measures on housing, schools and climate to put before voters in November that could total tens of billions of dollars.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• Numerous photographs and documents have also been put before the jury, including Spacey’s telephone and travel records.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 July 2023
• First, the day before the conference, Exxon shareholders—in line with recommendations from corporate management, including Woods—voted down all of the 13 climate resolutions put before them.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024