ABSTRACT in a Sentence
Learn ABSTRACT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
98 example sentences for ABSTRACT, such as:
1. Please write an informative abstract.
2. It's not a question of some abstract concept.
3. She tried to abstract my attention from my work.
4. It's the abstract that is called system analysis.
5. He is not in the least interested in abstract art.
2. It's not a question of some abstract concept.
3. She tried to abstract my attention from my work.
4. It's the abstract that is called system analysis.
5. He is not in the least interested in abstract art.
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Meanings and Examples of ABSTRACT
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abstract
n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
a. dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
Classic Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
1 But man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.
2 It was evident that Prince Andrew was not interested in such abstract conversation.
3 in regeneration, said Pierre, with a trembling voice and some difficulty in utterance due to his excitement and to being unaccustomed to speak of abstract matters in Russian.
4 She attributed immense importance to all her husband's intellectual and abstract interests though she did not understand them, and she always dreaded being a hindrance to him in such matters.
5 But to understand phenomena man has, besides abstract reasoning, experience by which he verifies his reflections.
6 In regard to this question, history stands to the other sciences as experimental science stands to abstract science.
7 She had in truth no abstract propensity to malice: she did not dislike Lily because the latter was brilliant and predominant, but because she thought that Lily disliked her.
8 But it is one thing to live comfortably with the abstract conception of poverty, another to be brought in contact with its human embodiments.
9 A dull, animal-like rebellion against his fellows, war in the abstract, and fate grew within him.
10 "The short of the matter is, cousin," said he, his handsome face suddenly settling into an earnest and serious expression, "on this abstract question of slavery there can, as I think, be but one opinion."
11 Truthful we both were; he from pride and courage, I from a sort of abstract ideality.
12 Yet the village sympathized with Clifford and Connie in the abstract.
13 He looked down at her, with darkened, abstract eyes.
14 She could not abstract her mind five minutes: she was forced to listen; his reading was capital, and her pleasure in good reading extreme.
15 He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
2 It's the abstract that is called system analysis.
3 He is not in the least interested in abstract art.
4 She tried to abstract my attention from my work.
5 It's not a question of some abstract concept.
6 I have difficulty dealing with the abstract - let's discuss particular cases.
7 Physics is the best example of a science which has developed strong, abstract theories.
8 Legal questions rarely exist in the abstract; they are based on real cases.
9 Everyday life is much more interesting to me than big, abstract theories.
10 In the context of post-war uncertainty it is relatively easy to relate existentialism to abstract expressionism.
11 The research shows that pre-school children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
12 To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
13 Certainly Shostakovich was lucky to work in a wordless abstract medium, where interpretation is strongly subjective.
14 The journal's web site hasn't been updated to the current issue, so not even the abstract is available at the moment.
15 Please write an informative abstract.