ASSISTANCE in a Sentence

Learn ASSISTANCE 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.
268 example sentences for ASSISTANCE, such as:
1. Please call if you require assistance.
2. We offer financial assistance to students.
3. He will get the great possible assistance.
4. We thought it advisable to seek police assistance.
5. Technical assistance for the product is free of charge.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ASSISTANCE
assistance
 n.  a resource
 n.  the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The Gradgrind party wanted assistance in cutting the throats of the Graces.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
2  This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  Sir Prior," answered the Saxon, "wheresoever I have travelled in this land, I have hitherto found myself, with the assistance of my good sword and faithful followers, in no respect needful of other aid.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  At one or two favourite cadences, he threw in a little assistance of his own, where the knight's voice seemed unable to carry the air so high as his worshipful taste approved.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  So saying, he accommodated the friar with his assistance in tying the endless number of points, as the laces which attached the hose to the doublet were then termed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
6  The venerable Isaac is subjected to an alembic, which will distil from him all he holds dear, without any assistance from my requests or thy entreaty.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  There was brave feasting in the Castle of York, to which Prince John had invited those nobles, prelates, and leaders, by whose assistance he hoped to carry through his ambitious projects upon his brother's throne.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  Higg, the son of Snell, at length replied, "I am but a maimed man, but that I can at all stir or move was owing to her charitable assistance."
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  After some delay, and some assistance from Toby, the shutter to which he had referred, swung open on its hinges.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  As it was something to feel certain that assistance was sent for, and that no time had been lost, Oliver hurried up the inn-yard, with a somewhat lighter heart.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  'Yes,' said Rose, recoiling a few steps, as if to be nearer assistance in case she should require it.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
12  Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
13  The same kind friend had, with Mr. Losberne's assistance, cautiously stopped all channels of communication through which they could receive intelligence of the dreadful occurrences that so recently taken place.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
14  She had no natural connexions to assist her even with their counsel, and she could not afford to purchase the assistance of the law.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
15  Without the co-operation of sisters and sweethearts the dresses were likely to be a failure; but on the other hand, this class of assistance was not without its drawbacks.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  The nationally-developed unit has been produced with the assistance of the Institute of Quality Assurance.
2  Finally, talk with human resources, employee assistance, medical, legal, training and employee communications people from other companies.
3  The newspaper was asked by federal agents for assistance and agreed to comply.
4  We offer financial assistance to students.
5  The company needs more financial assistance from the Government.
6  Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.
7  He will get the great possible assistance.
8  Technical assistance for the product is free of charge.
9  They represent only a tiny proportion of the people who get housing assistance from Washington.
10  Please call if you require assistance.
11  We thought it advisable to seek police assistance.
12  I'm glad they are getting assistance but you must use common sense and not blab about this.
13  In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed.
14  The government has pledged in return for IMF assistance to redouble its efforts to reform the economy.
15  The local authority may assist you to obtain alternative accommodation.