ALTERNATION in a Sentence

Learn ALTERNATION 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.
132 example sentences for ALTERNATION, such as:
1. We had no alternative but to fire Gibson.
2. 'He knows the alternative,' said Mr. Browlow.
3. I had no alternative but to accept his offer.
4. There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.
5. Motorists are advised to find an alternative route.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ALTERNATION
alternation
 n.  successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
Classic Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
1  Miss Crawford was soon to leave Mansfield, and on this circumstance the "no" and the "yes" had been very recently in alternation.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  His whole life appears to be spent in an alternation between savage fits of passion and gloomy intervals of sulking.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
3  His changes of mood did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with their alternation; the ebb and flow depended on causes quite disconnected with me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  Its alternation of sad human ineffectiveness with vast inhuman cycles of activity chilled him and he forgot his own human and ineffectual grieving.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  Choosing the latter alternative, I began by making up my mind to leave the hotel, and to take up my quarters in some less pretentious and less expensive domicile.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
6  Now, sir,' she continued, 'I had no intention of telling you all this, but since my poor daughter has disclosed it I have no alternative.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
7  This flood of tears left Mr. Sowerberry no alternative.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  'He knows the alternative,' said Mr. Browlow.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
9  You will observe, Watson, the alternative use of the long s and the short.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
10  There seemed to be no alternative but to catch him red-handed, and to do so we had to use Sir Henry, alone and apparently unprotected, as a bait.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
11  If he refuses, we have no alternative but to apply for a warrant.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
12  Unless we succeed in establishing an alternative theory, this man is lost.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
13  Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
14  One should always look for a possible alternative, and provide against it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
15  We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1  Now go back to the diagram at the top of the page and trace through the cycle of the alternation of generations.
2  Doctors these days tend to be more open-minded about alternative medicine.
3  I had no alternative but to accept his offer.
4  Astrology and alternative medicine are part of the New Age movement.
5  The local authority may assist you to obtain alternative accommodation.
6  New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
7  There was no alternative for them to vote in favor.
8  The difficulties women encounter with their doctors partly explain why so many of us are looking to alternative therapies.
9  She is a cancer sufferer who has rejected orthodox medicine and turned instead to acupuncture, aromatherapy and other forms of alternative medicine.
10  If this be thought to be disingenuously restrictive, an attempt to define away the opposition, then consider the alternative.
11  Empirical studies show that some forms of alternative medicine are extremely effective.
12  In Los Angeles many companies encourage their employees to use alternative means of transportation, rather than the car.
13  Between free trade and the pro-sovereignty stance of nationalists exist alternative solutions.
14  Motorists are advised to find an alternative route.
15  We had no alternative but to fire Gibson.