send somebody a message

But to keep them would have sent a bad message.

He sent a final, written message to his party at its congress last year.

So, in political terms we have already sent a strong message.

But the American people actually seem to have sent a pretty clear message.

I have sent you a private message with my offer.

But I would still like to know who sent the message.

So I sent the first message to all of them.

He sent the message to anyone whose eyes would meet his.

But others question whether a strong enough message has been sent.

A message was sent from here a few minutes ago.