AWAY in a Sentence
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405 example sentences for AWAY, such as:
1. A soft answer turneth away wrath.
2. I knew right away I made a mistake.
3. He stole away without anyone seeing him.
4. Marianne turned away in great confusion.
5. Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
2. I knew right away I made a mistake.
3. He stole away without anyone seeing him.
4. Marianne turned away in great confusion.
5. Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of AWAY
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away
ad. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
ad. out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Classic Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1 Know that, one by one, my friends were snatched away; I was left desolate.
2 I attempted to speak, but the words died away on my lips.
3 He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.
4 She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept.
5 I knew right away I made a mistake.
6 "She really ought to get away from him," resumed Catherine to me.
7 As he shook hands and turned away his tragic nose was trembling.
8 As my taxi groaned away I saw Gatsby walking toward me across his lawn.
9 Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room.
10 I started to turn away but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm.
11 Pearl laughed, and attempted to pull away her hand.
12 It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something.
13 Run away, child," answered her mother, "and catch the sunshine.
14 The grasp, cold as it was, took away what was dreariest in the interview.
15 Marianne turned away in great confusion.
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
2 We whiled away the afternoon playing cards in front of the fire.
3 You've been chewing away all afternoon;you can't still be hungry.
4 She droned away for hours about her pet subjects.
5 Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.
6 The bees are buzzing away among the flowers.
7 He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.
8 A soft answer turneth away wrath.
9 When things go wrong, running away is not the answer.
10 Strain the sauce and skim away any fat that rises to the surface.
11 Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
12 She turned away from the window lest anyone see them.
13 He stole away without anyone seeing him.
14 At their approach the little boy ran away and hid.
15 He hefted his right arm and took away a gun from the bookshelf.