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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The menu of tipping options could be designed to solicit higher tip amounts.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• The plan is for Mensah to solicit feedback from NBA teams about his readiness for the league, and that process remains ongoing.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2022
• The patrons hire an architect and solicit the best design.
  — Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
• Each month, Moore Aloha solicits essays through a prompt.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• While the status was in limbo, Night Fall was not allowed to solicit donations.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2023
• The group sent emails shortly after the vote passed soliciting funds to further cut down on the GOP’s House majority.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
• In the Chicago case, filed in March, Cloth is accused of working with two salesmen to solicit investments in a series of film projects.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 May 2024
• The big tip-off is when the ersatz sleepers solicit gifts from viewers and, after the money is sent, nothing happens on-screen.
  — Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
• In a state that so often denied his father because of the color of his skin, even White people were soliciting him for help.
  — Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
• In the 1980s, credit card soliciting on college campuses was not uncommon.
  — Mariana Apostolatos, Cnbc Intern, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
• Adams solicited and received straw donations from a businessman who ran a New York City-area construction company, according to the indictment.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024