On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Missive. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as letter or text and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Missive meaning
- A written message; a letter, note or memo.
- Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it.
- One who is sent; a messenger.
Using Missive
- The main meaning on this page is: A written message; a letter, note or memo. | Letters sent between two parties in which one makes an offer and the other accepts it. | One who is sent; a messenger.
- Useful related words include: letter, text, textual matter, document.
- In the example corpus, missive often appears in combinations such as: the missive, missive to, in missive.
Context around Missive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Missive
- In this selection, "missive" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, latest, honest, meta, comes, cited and confirmed stand out and add context to how "missive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a broader missive and a meta missive cited in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "missive" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with missive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The missive jumped out of my phone. (7 words)
The missive — which read “F–k the Jews. (8 words)
Here’s the six-missive presidential so far. (8 words)
On Sunday, U.S. secretaries of defense and state sent a missive to their Israeli counterparts demanding that the Jewish state ensure an increased flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip within the next month or risk losing American military aid. (42 words)
The missive comes amid rising tensions between the West and what foreign policy experts have described as the “revisionist powers” of China, Russia, and Iran, whose grand strategies are based on chipping away at and frustrating US power across the world. (41 words)
For the “magical entry” post, according to a Meta missive cited in the board’s report, the company expected the board would agree and open its platforms to more posting about mind-altering drugs with therapeutic potential. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
He concluded his missive by resorting to a new theory of annexation, which was pure rubbish.
Here’s the latest missive from Ewan Murray, our man in Augusta.
Ignoring this advice, I poked my thumb under the seal so as to extract the missive.
Lukman stated that two weeks after he had presented his demands, Adamu has refused to acknowledge receipt of his missive or indicated that any of the demands he made are being considered.
The missive comes amid rising tensions between the West and what foreign policy experts have described as the “revisionist powers” of China, Russia, and Iran, whose grand strategies are based on chipping away at and frustrating US power across the world.
They have also received a missive with binary code depicting the double helix of DNA and and maybe even hummed along to Across the Universe by the Beatles.
Director Josh Greenbaum skillfully switches between the two reading portions of the rawly honest missive.
For the “magical entry” post, according to a Meta missive cited in the board’s report, the company expected the board would agree and open its platforms to more posting about mind-altering drugs with therapeutic potential.
In his withdrawal letter, the seasoned litigator blasted the hearing as “anything but fair,” while council leadership said his missive confirmed that he was not right for the job.
On Sunday, U.S. secretaries of defense and state sent a missive to their Israeli counterparts demanding that the Jewish state ensure an increased flow of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip within the next month or risk losing American military aid.
The missive — which read “F–k the Jews.
They said, in a missive to members today, that they are normally contacted when the extraordinary event status is enacted in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.
In the missive addressed to Felipe, Juan Carlos didn’t say when he would leave Spain or where his self-exile would take him.
I woke up this morning, August 9, 2020, to Rawle Toney`s missive, in which he relates the threat that has been dished-out to him by his child`s mother, a Guyanese of Indian descent.
Tapper posted a screenshot of a retweet from the president of a missive by conservative commentator Mark Levin.
The CPA in a public missive said it has recognized that the use of mobile or cell phones by parents to keep small children quiet has become a norm.
The Heads of Missions further outlined in the joint missive their concerns about intimidation tactics they have observed against those seeking to ensure that a credible process is followed.
The missive jumped out of my phone.
Eric Swalwell appeared on CNN Thursday morning, just moments being featured in a harshly critical tweet from President Donald Trump in a broader missive.
Here’s the six-missive presidential so far.
Common combinations with missive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the missive 6×
- missive to 6×
- in missive 4×
- his missive 3×
- missive in 3×
- this missive 3×
- missive by 2×
- missive from 2×
- missive with 2×
- missive confirmed 2×