BROUGHT in a Sentence
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383 example sentences for BROUGHT, such as:
1. The artist brought his paints with him.
2. They brought along Laura Jane in a pram.
3. Your article brought back sad memories for me.
4. The rules will be brought into action tomorrow.
5. They were brought up against unexpected delays.
2. They brought along Laura Jane in a pram.
3. Your article brought back sad memories for me.
4. The rules will be brought into action tomorrow.
5. They were brought up against unexpected delays.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of BROUGHT
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brought
v. attract the attention of
v. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Denis laughed, and gave the horse a cut that brought him quickly abreast of her retreating figure.
2 "You'd have found me right off if you hadn't gone back to have that last reel with Denis," he brought out awkwardly.
3 At length they sighted the group of larches at Ethan's gate, and as they drew near it the sense that the walk was over brought back his words.
4 He followed her and brought the other geraniums, the hyacinth bulbs in a cracked custard bowl and the German ivy trained over an old croquet hoop.
5 "Jotham Powell brought some goods over from the Flats for his wife, and he drove right on home with them," she explained.
6 His pen paused on the word, which brought home to him the relentless conditions of his lot.
7 They went back to the kitchen, and he fetched the coal and kindlings and cleared out the stove for her, while she brought in the milk and the cold remains of the meat-pie.
8 The strange exaltation of his mood had brought on one of his rare fits of boastfulness.
9 Just as they started he heard the sorrel's whinny again, and the familiar wistful call, and all the confused images it brought with it, went with him down the first reach of the road.
10 Her companion, who was just coming back to the table with the remains of a cold mince-pie in a battered pie-dish, set down her unappetising burden without appearing to hear the accusation brought against her.
11 Her new green flowered-muslin dress spread its twelve yards of billowing material over her hoops and exactly matched the flat-heeled green morocco slippers her father had recently brought her from Atlanta.
12 Just before we got home that new stallion Ma got in Kentucky last month was brought in, and the place was in a stew.
13 Yet the serene half-light over Tara's well-kept acres brought a measure of quiet to her disturbed mind.
14 "Oh," cried Scarlett, fresh pain striking her as Gerald's words brought home the terrible inevitability of the truth.
15 If the educational equipment which Gerald brought to America was scant, he did not even know it.
Example Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1 His foolish act has brought a storm about his ears.
2 The rules will be brought into action tomorrow.
3 This action brought the country to the verge of economic collapse.
4 They were brought up against unexpected delays.
5 They brought along Laura Jane in a pram.
6 The government brought in a controversial law under which it could take any land it wanted.
7 The force of the wind had brought down a great many trees in the area.
8 He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow.
9 I've brought with me an article from yesterday's paper that I thought might amuse you.
10 Your article brought back sad memories for me.
11 The artist brought his paints with him.
12 He died of a heart attack brought on by overwork.
13 The media has brought more unwelcome attention to the Royal Family.
14 The only time I got their attention was when I brought home straight A's on my report card.
15 Either criminal or civil proceedings may be brought by the Attorney General.