What is "petitioned"

Usage examples of "petitioned".

For years I’ve had a recurrent nightmare of waking up and seeing headlines that the Russians had landed on the Moon and declared the Lunar Soviet—say thirteen men and two female scientists—and had petitioned for entrance into the U.

Memtok had told him proudly that he had petitioned the opportunity while he was still at stud and had labored at it to the amusement of the other studs.

So I petitioned to be adopted and here I am-scholar to a Chosen of similar scholarly 'tastes .

Hugh petitioned plumbing calls for each of them-granted, under guard-and all this changed all the body weights and everything was started over again.

So I petitioned to be adopted and here I am-scholar to a Chosen of similar scholarly ‘tastes .

On being once more petitioned by a group of which Coucy was this time the spokesman, the King reflected a little and asked what he might do.

How many males and females had petitioned how many Emperors in this very spot?

Or they might turn him down for the hell of it—after all, they turned down most Lizards who petitioned for an audience with the Emperor.

First, he petitioned his brother to consider a marriage with the Lady Ochiba: ".

Almost twenty years ago the Father-Visitor petitioned the Holy Fa - petitioned the Pope, to allow us-to allow the Society to lend at ten percentage.

Raed knew the group that had petitioned for the offer pretty well: an Arab-American Rights group that checked in on him over the years, to ensure he wasn't abused in the penitentiary simply because of the notoriety of his conviction.

No doubt she'd been sent by the Arab-American Rights group who'd petitioned to get him into this crazy rehab program.