BOARD in a Sentence

Learn BOARD 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.
347 example sentences for BOARD, such as:
1. She jumped off the top board.
2. I'll write it up on the board.
3. Two members resigned from the board in protest.
4. The board disavowed the action of the executive.
5. There are still two vacancies on the school board.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BOARD
board
 n.  a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
 n.  a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She was there, then, close to him, only a thin board between.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Every day, I am hauled up before another board of inquiry and asked foolish questions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
3  Melanie was on the board of lady managers of the Orphans' Home and assisted in the collection of books for the newly formed Young Men's Library Association.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
4  In the thronged restaurant, taking their places about Mrs. Bry's illuminated board, their confidence seemed to gain support from the familiarity of their surroundings.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
5  She came diffidently to the second meeting of the board.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  Only the Henty books and the Elsie books and the latest optimisms by moral female novelists and virile clergymen were in general demand, and the board themselves were interested only in old, stilted volumes.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  If each of the board would contribute the same, they could have the books.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  She was reasonably regular in attendance till her two years were up and Vida Sherwin was appointed to the board in her place, but she did not try to be revolutionary.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  It was a roving shanty, the cabin of a land schooner, with black oilcloth seats along the side, and for desk, a pine board to be let down on hinges.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
10  Uncle Miles's most ecstatic trick was to make figures not on paper but right on a new pine board, with the broadest softest pencil in the world.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  He pulled out a blurred sheet of Bristol board and anxiously gave it to her.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  I'll do what I can for the girl personally, but you know what the board is.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
13  Might 's well admit it, Carrie; I'm afraid there'll be a majority of the board against her.'
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
14  Her countless friends who appreciate her splendid labors with the local Red Cross realize how valuable she will be to any war board with which she chooses to become connected.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  At last, passage paid, and luggage safe, we stood on board the schooner.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
Example Sentence: (137 in 10 pages)
1  The board disavowed the action of the executive.
2  The changes will affect local authorities across the board.
3  He came on board in the late Sixties and spent two decades with the agency.
4  The district board will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan.
5  Cetia expects to announce a PowerPC-based graphics board and a graphic single-board computer in the second quarter.
6  Your job is to attend the meeting and report back to the board of directors.
7  She jumped off the top board.
8  I think I'll see which way the wind is blowing before I vote at the board meeting.
9  Don't worry; the deal was completely above board.
10  I'll write it up on the board.
11  You get a big salary incentive and free board and lodging too.
12  The board can exercise its veto to prevent the decision.
13  He advertises his services on the company notice board.
14  Two members resigned from the board in protest.
15  There are still two vacancies on the school board.