How to Use solicit in a Sentence

solicit

verb

• The center is soliciting donations to help victims of the earthquake.
• The company is soliciting bids from various firms.
• The newspaper's editors want to solicit opinions from readers.
• The prostitutes were arrested for soliciting customers.
• Special interest groups are soliciting Congress for funds.
• The organization is soliciting for donations.
• The organization is soliciting new memberships.
• The posting goes on to solicit funds to pay for the legal action.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• The hearing in Detroit kicked off the group's statewide tour to solicit input on the draft maps.
  — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2021
• Don’t forget to solicit new points of view as well — customers are, of course, a great source.
  — Perttu Nihti, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• That means the city doesn’t solicit bids from other firms for the construction portion of the project.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Oct. 2022
• The flier was soliciting people to join a game-night group.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• Though no one has come through yet, the group has solicited everyone from Quincy Jones to Discogs.
  — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2024
• Along the way, Couch said the city would solicit input from residents.
  — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2022
• The world is full of information—some solicited and some not.
  — Gregory Ostrowski, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
• She was told that the police do not call residents to solicit funds.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2021
• Few actors solicit more warmth than Bob Odenkirk these days.
  — Chicago Tribune, oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2022
• Jones was charged with soliciting a minor to pose for nude photos in 2003.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
• ProPublica and the Post-Gazette obtained copies of the results of four tests carried out in 2021 that were solicited by Philips.
  — Jonathan D. Salant, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2023
• Along the way, Chan has made a habit of bringing focaccia to work to solicit feedback from his co-workers.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2021
• Amy Kurtz, the fund’s president, said those projects solicit donations to the fund and direct how the money is spent.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2022
• Toward the end of the first season of All There Is, Cooper solicited voicemails from viewers to share their own stories.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Sep. 2023
• The board solicited proxies to keep the current board in place, and to prevent adjourning the meeting to another date in time.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
• Daley said the city plans to solicit bids from construction firms for the project at the end of July and award a contract in September.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 5 July 2022
• In the meantime, the new rule would solicit public comment to address the issue raised by Hanen.
  — Elliot Spagat, Chron, 27 Sep. 2021
• ProPublica and the Post-Gazette obtained copies of four tests carried out in 2021 that were solicited by Philips.
  — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
• The underaged trio decides to solicit Fogell to secure a fake ID to buy the party booze.
  — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 3 June 2021
• Le, who has owned his building since March 2020, wants to solicit opinions from his neighbors.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 21 May 2024
• Online feedback will be solicited later, the release said.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
• The administration solicited public comments on the matter through March 11.
  — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 19 Mar. 2025