BASE in a Sentence
Learn BASE 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.
337 example sentences for BASE, such as:
1. A bottle has a flat base.
2. He plays first base for the Red Sox.
3. On this syringe I base all my hopes.
4. At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.
5. The initial talks were the base of the later.
2. He plays first base for the Red Sox.
3. On this syringe I base all my hopes.
4. At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.
5. The initial talks were the base of the later.
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Meanings and Examples of BASE
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base
n. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
n. a lower limit
Classic Sentence: (127 in 9 pages)
1 Worn with pain, and weak from the prolonged hardships which I had undergone, I was removed, with a great train of wounded sufferers, to the base hospital at Peshawar.
2 On reaching the base of the bluff they halted, and held a short council among themselves.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
3 At night-time they chose the base of a beetling crag, where the rocks offered some protection from the chill wind, and there huddled together for warmth, they enjoyed a few hours' sleep.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4 The two with the hammer and the crowbar were drilling a hole near the base of the windmill.
5 In the extreme sharpness of his look out for base coin, Mr. Kidderminster, as at present situated, never saw anything but money; so Sissy passed him unrecognised, and they went in.
6 Think not I speak to thee only to excite thy terror, and practise on the base cowardice thou hast derived from thy tribe.
7 Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown.
8 As Eustacia uttered the latter words she retired from the base of the barrow, and Wildeve followed her, so that the reddleman could hear no more.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
9 Rainbarrow had again become blended with night when Wildeve ascended the long acclivity at its base.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
10 He heard a rustling on his left hand, a cloaked figure with an upturned face appeared at the base of the Barrow, and Clym descended.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
11 It was only by trying begging as an amateur that I could get the facts upon which to base my articles.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
12 You will find that the clips are too wide for your nose, showing that the lady's nose was very broad at the base.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13 It was a very large chamber, lined with innumerable volumes, which had overflowed from the shelves and lay in piles in the corners, or were stacked all round at the base of the cases.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
14 On this syringe I base all my hopes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
15 With that refuge as a base, I could face this strange world with some of that confidence I had lost in realizing to what creatures night by night I lay exposed.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The colonel led a successful raid against a rebel base.
2 The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
3 To hedge around a partnership of love with control by law would be to destroy its base of trust in one another.
4 No words can be the disguise of base intentions.
5 He plays first base for the Red Sox.
6 The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain.
7 A wide base will make the structure much more stable.
8 The rocket was launched from a space research base.
9 The initial talks were the base of the later.
10 A bottle has a flat base.
11 She used her family's history as a base for her novel.
12 We must base ourselves on the interests of the people.
13 The paper had intended to base itself in London.
14 Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
15 At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach.