ABSOLUTE in a Sentence
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318 example sentences for ABSOLUTE, such as:
1. I look upon this as an absolute necessity.
2. On Egdon there was no absolute hour of the day.
3. Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
4. Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard.
5. The first year of the course was an absolute doddle.
2. On Egdon there was no absolute hour of the day.
3. Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
4. Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard.
5. The first year of the course was an absolute doddle.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ABSOLUTE
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absolute
a. expressing finality with no implication of possible change
a. perfect or complete or pure
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 By nonsense he meant fancy; and truly it is probable she was as free from any alloy of that nature, as any human being not arrived at the perfection of an absolute idiot, ever was.
2 For, of course, being a girl, one's whole dignity and meaning in life consisted in the achievement of an absolute, a perfect, a pure and noble freedom.
3 Once you are alive, money is a necessity, and the only absolute necessity.
4 But when it comes to expressive or executive functioning, I believe there is a gulf and an absolute one, between the ruling and the serving classes.
5 This perverted child-man was now a real business-man; when it was a question of affairs, he was an absolute he-man, sharp as a needle, and impervious as a bit of steel.
6 The spare rooms at the Parsonage had never been wanted, but the absolute necessity of a spare room for a friend was now never forgotten.
7 The absolute necessity of seeming like herself produced then an immediate struggle; but after a while she could do no more.
8 "I promised Johnny a bonfire, and it pleases him not to let it go out just yet," said Eustacia, in a way which told at once that she was absolute queen here.
9 On Egdon there was no absolute hour of the day.
10 The only absolute certainty about him was that he would not stand still in the circumstances amid which he was born.
11 We shall, of course, live in absolute seclusion, and our married life will only begin to outward view when we take the house in Budmouth, where I have already addressed a letter on the matter.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
12 The absolute solitude in which they lived intensified their reciprocal thoughts; yet some might have said that it had the disadvantage of consuming their mutual affections at a fearfully prodigal rate.
13 There had been nonchalance in his tone, showing her that he felt no absolute grief at a consummation which to her was a positive horror.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
14 "Now we leave you in absolute possession of your own house again," said Thomasin as she bent down to wish her cousin good night.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
15 He is not a bad fellow, though an absolute imbecile in his profession.
Example Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1 Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
2 The school governors have absolute discretion over which pupils they admit.
3 You must admit George, you're talking absolute rubbish.
4 Around them the darkness was absolute, the silence oppressive.
5 I look upon this as an absolute necessity.
6 Motion is absolute while stagnation is relative.
7 The first year of the course was an absolute doddle.
8 Literature does not exist in some timeless absolute.
9 The best way of summing up the situation in our office is to say that it is 'absolute chaos'.
10 I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy.
11 In absolute terms British wages remain low by European standards.
12 By breaking the rule of absolute secrecy, he became a marked man.
13 Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard.
14 Ending the fighting must be the absolute priority, the litmus test of the agreements' validity.
15 Relative savings of only a few percent in this area can therefore mean sizeable savings in absolute terms.