AS in a Sentence

Learn AS 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.
404 example sentences for AS, such as:
1. He agreed to act as treasurer.
2. Things rashly taken end as ill.
3. She continues to grow as an artist.
4. He could play upon him as he chose.
5. She has decided on art as a career.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of AS
as
 ad.  to the same degree (often followed by `as')
 n.  a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Felix trembled violently as he said this.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
2  Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  And as I walked on I was lonely no longer.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  Daisy was popular in Chicago, as you know.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  It had seemed as close as a star to the moon.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  Like all other joys, she rejected it as sin.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
7  He could play upon him as he chose.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
8  I have no such power as thou tellest me of.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
9  He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  Her resolution was formed as she read.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
11  But this he declined, as he was dirty and wet.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
12  Oh, yes; and as like him as she can stare.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
13  I always preferred the church, as I still do.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
14  However, I am much happier as I am.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
15  No, he is not so unworthy as you believe him.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  He agreed to act as treasurer.
2  They act as joint trustees of the fund.
3  Beeswax acts as an emulsifying agent.
4  All great truths begin as blasphemise.
5  Walk softly as you approach the bed.
6  We didn't arrive so soon as we expected.
7  Steve, as usual, was the last to arrive.
8  She has decided on art as a career.
9  Cinema became accepted as an art form.
10  He has become celebrated as an artist.
11  She has great potential as an artist.
12  She continues to grow as an artist.
13  None so deaf as those that won't hear.
14  Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
15  Things rashly taken end as ill.