BILL in a Sentence

Learn BILL 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.
286 example sentences for BILL, such as:
1. I must pay away the bill tomorrow.
2. The bill will become law next year.
3. From it, he drew a Confederate bill.
4. You will receive a bill for the full amount.
5. Parliament voted for the bill to become law.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of BILL
bill
 n.  the entertainment offered at a public presentation
 v.  advertise especially by posters or placards
Classic Sentence: (159 in 11 pages)
1  Scarlett took the corn and privately slipped a dollar bill into Sally's hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
2  From it, he drew a Confederate bill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
3  It's a poem, pasted on the back of this bill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
4  Will, who had been enticing little Beau across the blanket with the bill during this argument, looked up and, shading his eyes, glanced down the driveway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  "Here," he pulled a bill from his pocket, "tell Pork to harness the carriage and take you downtown."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
6  Wade, beaming, pocketed the bill and looked anxiously toward his mother for confirmation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
7  She had decided to defer the purchase of the dressing-case till she should receive the bill for her new opera-cloak, and the resolve made her feel much richer than when she had entered the shop.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
8  "Let me see the bill," Mrs. Peniston repeated.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
9  It isn't exactly as if you'd started in with a clean bill of health.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
10  Her gesture seemed to show a definite intention of dismissal, but her companion had tossed a bill to the waiter, and was slipping his short arms into his expensive overcoat.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
11  She put on the eye-glasses which Kennicott had recently given to her for reading, and looked over a grocery bill.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  He reads, and looks from Jonah to the bill; while all his sympathetic shipmates now crowd round Jonah, prepared to lay their hands upon him.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
13  Next morning, Monday, after disposing of the embalmed head to a barber, for a block, I settled my own and comrade's bill; using, however, my comrade's money.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
14  From my forenoon watch below, I ascended to the overclouded deck; and there, dashed upon the main hatches, I saw a regal, feathery thing of unspotted whiteness, and with a hooked, Roman bill sublime.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of The Whale.
15  But already the sable wing was before the old man's eyes; the long hooked bill at his head: with a scream, the black hawk darted away with his prize.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
Example Sentence: (127 in 9 pages)
1  I was absolutely staggered when I saw the bill.
2  He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account.
3  The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.
4  The adult can be readily distinguished by its orange bill.
5  You will receive a bill for the full amount.
6  She quickly totted up our bill and added an amount for the waiter.
7  We had an argument with the waiter about the bill.
8  I must pay away the bill tomorrow.
9  The bill will become law next year.
10  Parliament voted for the bill to become law.
11  President Bush says he will veto any bill that sets a timetable for a troop pullout.
12  It will save trouble if you pay the bill now.
13  The Social Democratic Party has vowed to try to stall the bill until the current session ends.
14  Tricia topped the bill at the Children's Variety Show.
15  Republicans accuse Democrats of using delaying tactics to prevent a final vote on the bill.