How to Use indemnify in a Sentence

indemnify

verb
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  • The foundation asked for damages and for the city to indemnify it in the case brought by tenants.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The City Council could vote to indemnify the officers and thus pay their punitive damages.
    — Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Even if the Russians were to indemnify them, they would not be allowed free passage and safe harbor to deliver to most customers.
    — Steven Tian, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Nor did Yastrzemski’s status indemnify him from failing in the ninth inning of Thursday’s 5-4 loss to the Red Sox.
    — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • HuffPost is not named in the summons; Mr. Ali said he was indemnified by the news organization.
    — Emily Steel, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2017
  • If a challenger happens to win an infringement case against a patent, the tribe says, it will be fully indemnified by the original patent holders.
    — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Aearo placed $1 billion in a trust to settle them and agreed to indemnify 3M for all liability related to the earplugs.
    — Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
  • According to the lawsuit, Twitter agreed to indemnify the execs but failed to uphold those agreements.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Still, non-DU-using states have repeatedly sought to ban or indemnify their use.
    — Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In some instances, the contractors have to indemnify the government, which puts the contractors on the hook for any royalty demands.
    — Susan Decker, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • They are indemnified as city employees, which means should there be a civil judgment or settlement agreement against them, damages would be paid by the city.
    — Sara Jean Green, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The state Senate agreed to indemnify the county against financial losses resulting from the audit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
  • The Lakewood City Council recently indemnified Zaro and the other two officers, agreeing to pay their punitive damages out of city funds if an appeal of the verdict fails.
    — Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Here's why this discussion is currently moot in Chicago: Since 1945, the state of Illinois has required the city to indemnify police officers.
    — Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 29 June 2018
  • The city is asking a judge to enforce the provision in the operating agreements that calls for the companies to indemnify the city against any damages and to pay the city’s costs to defend any lawsuits generated by the scooters.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Logan said the company was never fully paid for the audit, nor did the Senate indemnify the company as was required by the company's contract.
    — Derek Gilliam, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2022
  • Another asked if employees can carry firearms in states with strict gun control laws and if the government would indemnify them for using deadly force.
    — Elliot Spagat, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2017
  • As part of Mr. Ailes’s exit package, 21st Century Fox agreed to indemnify him against any settlements, a person familiar with the matter said.
    — Nicole Hong, WSJ, 18 May 2017
  • As the scope of the project became obvious, the landowners’ fear of liability grew, despite the fact that the city would have fully indemnified them against any liability, Fletcher said.
    — Andy Rathbun, Twin Cities, 20 Apr. 2017
  • The following month, the city council of Greenwood Village, another Denver suburb, voted to indemnify any officer on the hook for such a penalty.
    — Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The county indemnifies the land so there’s no liability.
    — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Even Exxon Mobil’s $1 million gift to the advocacy group arguing for a carbon tax — the Baker Shultz plan — indemnifies them, holds them harmless for climate damages.
    — Gaby Del Valle, Vox, 12 Oct. 2018
  • The state agreed to indemnify the corrections officer for both compensatory and punitive damages, meaning the state would pay the entire amount, even though by law the state is not obligated to pay punitive damages.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The installation must meet all applicable codes, the homeowner can be required to indemnify the HOA from any loss or damage arising from the system and to maintain, replace or repair the roofs under the system.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2022
  • Gutierrez countered that the developers would indemnify the city and future residents and said Phoenix has routinely tried to bully its neighbor.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The federal government late Monday agreed to indemnify doctors against any issues in patients under 60 who choose to take the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • Besides indemnifying homes and property against fire damage, people can take a number of steps to protect their residences and increase their chances of surviving a large blaze.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • Becker said the government’s case was an overreach and that future witnesses will be lying or exaggerating to indemnify the singer.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Curtis, the general counsel, said litigation is likely, and there is nothing in HB374 to indemnify local school districts from that.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
  • All the while, Novell successfully claimed ownership of the allegedly infringing code and agreed to indemnify Linux users.
    — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2017

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