BECAME in a Sentence

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418 example sentences for BECAME, such as:
1. Cinema became accepted as an art form.
2. They became pawns in the political battle.
3. Her expression became soft, almost tender.
4. No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.
5. Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BECAME
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He became suddenly conscious that he was looking at Mattie while Zeena talked to him, and with an effort he turned his eyes to his wife.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
2  It was not till he led out the sorrel and backed him between the shafts of the sleigh that he once more became conscious of what he was doing.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  A little aloof, as became an aristocrat, lay a black-spotted carriage dog, muzzle on paws, patiently waiting for the boys to go home to supper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Usually she made them beg and plead, while she put them off, refusing to give a Yes or No answer, laughing if they sulked, growing cool if they became angry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  Then, last summer at a political speaking in a grove of oak trees at Jonesboro, they both suddenly became aware of Scarlett O'Hara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  The red furrows and the gashed red road lost their magical blood color and became plain brown earth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  He liked the South, and he soon became, in his own opinion, a Southerner.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  Gradually the plantation widened out, as Gerald bought more acres lying near him, and in time the white house became a reality instead of a dream.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  The urgent need of a wife became clear to him one morning when he was dressing to ride to town for Court Day.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  She became the best-loved neighbor in the County.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  If they showed no aptitude for any of these trades, they became field hands and, in the opinion of the negroes, they had lost their claim to any social standing at all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  To this end, Ellen and Mammy bent their efforts, and as Scarlett grew older she became an apt pupil in this subject, even though she learned little else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
13  Carreen's round little face became pink, as pleasure struggled with incredulity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  The laughter and talking became less animated and groups here and there fell silent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  He stuttered several times, closed his mouth and opened it again, and again became geranium colored.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (208 in 14 pages)
1  Despite vehement opposition, the Act became law.
2  He became superintendent of the bank's East African branches.
3  The fans booed when it became clear that their football team would lose again.
4  No man ever became thoroughly bad all at once.
5  Her expression became soft, almost tender.
6  Many American Presidents served in Congress before they became President.
7  She became withdrawn and pensive, hardly speaking to anyone.
8  He became estranged from his family after the argument.
9  Cinema became accepted as an art form.
10  Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.
11  She was made her father's attorney when he became ill.
12  If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous.
13  The mother was in great distress when her baby became ill.
14  They became pawns in the political battle.
15  Because she had no children of her own, her friend's son became a kind of surrogate child to her.