ATTITUDE in a Sentence

Learn ATTITUDE 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.
329 example sentences for ATTITUDE, such as:
1. I find your attitude most offensive.
2. I fail to comprehend their attitude.
3. So that was going to be his attitude.
4. You must have found my attitude annoying.
5. They have a casual attitude towards safety.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ATTITUDE
attitude
 n.  a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways
 n.  the arrangement of the body and its limbs
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His hand was steady, but the attitude was an excuse for not making an immediate reply.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  She stood perfectly still, looking after him, in an attitude of tranquil expectancy torturing to the hidden watcher.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  His wife's attitude was unchanged, her face inexorable, and he was seized with the despairing sense of his helplessness.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  So Will remained at Tara, for what reason she did not know and she found his businesslike man-to-man attitude with her both pleasant and helpful.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  Even in this flash of revelation, she realized vaguely that, foolish though they seemed, theirs was the right attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
6  She could never respect a man who let her run over him and the timid, hesitant attitude he displayed in any unpleasant situation, with her or with others, irritated her unbearably.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  But her self-control was severely tested many times, because of the personal questions they asked and because of the smug and condescending attitude they displayed toward all things Southern.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  To Scarlett, scarcely wanting her coming child and irritated at its untimeliness, this attitude seemed the height of sentimental stupidity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  Some had accepted because of Melanie's attitude, others because they felt they owed Rhett a debt for saving their lives and those of their relatives.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
10  "I wouldn't put much beyond her," was the universal attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
11  So that was going to be his attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
12  Lily had no mind for the vagabond life of the poor relation, and to adapt herself to Mrs. Peniston she had, to some degree, to assume that lady's passive attitude.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
13  Meanwhile he cast agonized glances in the direction of Miss Bart, whose only response was to sink into an attitude of more graceful abstraction.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
14  But Lily, though her attitude was as calm as his, was throbbing inwardly with a rush of thoughts.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
15  His attitude had been one of admiring spectatorship, and he would have been almost sorry to detect in her any emotional weakness which should interfere with the fulfilment of her aims.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1  Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to.
2  Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances.
3  These weaknesses negated his otherwise progressive attitude towards the staff.
4  Taylor combined great knowledge with an irreverent attitude to history.
5  Indifferent attitude, made light of expression.
6  Consumers found the attitude of its staff offhand and generally offensive to the paying customer.
7  Mental attitude plays a far more important role in a person's success or failure than mental capacity.
8  You must have found my attitude annoying.
9  People's attitude towards the president varies widely.
10  They have a casual attitude towards safety.
11  She seems to have the right attitude for the job.
12  When people put on uniforms, their attitude becomes more confident and their manner more officious.
13  I find your attitude most offensive.
14  I fail to comprehend their attitude.
15  He has a liberal attitude to divorce and remarriage.