How to Use indemnity in a Sentence

indemnity

noun
  • The side that lost would, in the course of negotiations, cede a border march or a colony to the victor or pay an indemnity.
    — Mark Antonio Wright, National Review, 26 May 2022
  • In the emails, King wrote the agreement would afford the outside agencies indemnity.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The concept is to have a very simple and clear trigger for the payout of the policy that is not based on the years-long indemnity claims process.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The most common form of property insurance is indemnity, which grants a payout based on the amount of damage.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The Maple Hill Farms herd removal is the largest in terms of animals and indemnity.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Request a recall or reversal and ask for a hold harmless letter or letter of indemnity.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Only those companies who sold at cost would be granted the indemnity protections.
    — Jack Nasher, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The reps and warranties and indemnities clauses will define their obligations.
    — Bruce Werner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The College de France had a big conference about the indemnity that France forced Haiti to pay.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The county’s pending counter-lawsuit highlights the issue of indemnity.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
  • YouTube, unlike Getty, does not offer indemnity for use of its AI tools.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Twenty-one of the 38 have been depopulated and indemnity paid to the owners.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Twenty of the 38 have been depopulated and indemnity paid to the owners.
    — Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • Nineteen of the 37 have been depopulated and indemnity paid to the owners.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Each of the farm owners received federal indemnity payments in compensation for the loss of their animals.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Crop insurance programs will help with corn in the field as will a USDA indemnity program.
    — David Pitt, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Wouldn't Chicago have been smart to take an indemnity deal and reveal the truths of Burge's conduct much earlier, Bell wondered.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
  • But the fact that car companies were worried enough about that to ask for legal indemnity tells us all that self-driving cars are not ready for prime time and, based on that one fear, may never be as foolproof as hyped.
    — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Through gunboat diplomacy, France forced Haiti to agree to an enormous indemnity in exchange for recognition.
    — Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The buyer demanded indemnities, and the final deal value was reduced by nearly 20%.
    — Michael Platner, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Ultimately, the court allowed Tenet’s bankruptcy to go forward, with the indemnity agreement in place.
    — Patricia Callahan, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Eight of the attackers were tried for the crimes but eventually released, and a small indemnity was paid to the Chinese government as an apology.
    — Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The terms of the eventual peace treaty with France were punitive, as France was forced to cede Alsace and Lorraine and to pay an indemnity to boot.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 17 June 2021
  • Gold indemnity objects were sent to London and sold through a Mayfair crown jeweler; a half-century later, some turned up at auction.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Corporate indemnity The terms of the settlement seem more than favorable to Facebook, critics pointed out.
    — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 24 July 2019
  • Marfrig's owner, Marcos Molina, agreed, without acknowledging guilt, to pay an indemnity in a bribery probe back in 2018.
    — Felipe Marques and James Attwood Bloomberg News, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • The 1825 indemnity was 150 million francs or 10 times annual revenues and was later reduced.
    — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026
  • In each of the contracts, the city signed the agreements after Baker had already started working and took the unusual step of removing an indemnity clause that would have made Baker legally liable for his work.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 7 Feb. 2023
  • In each of the contracts, the city signed the agreements after Baker had already started working and took the unusual step of removing an indemnity clause that would have made Baker legally liable for his work.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • When the receiving bank asks Citi to sign an indemnity agreement to recover the person’s funds, Citi typically asks its customer to sign a similar contract to retrieve the money.
    — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020

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