CARRY in a Sentence

Learn CARRY 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.
420 example sentences for CARRY, such as:
1. This shot seemed to carry home.
2. Speak softly and carry a big stick.
3. His argument does not carry much conviction.
4. Patience and application will carry us through.
5. Even the big shot has to carry his wife's purse.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CARRY
carry
 v.  behave in a certain manner
 n.  the act of carrying something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "My dinner's easy to carry about with me," he said.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  She ran back to the house as quickly as her feet would carry her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  This shot seemed to carry home.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  He sprang away and sped down the hill as fast as his legs could carry him.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
5  At last Becky's frail limbs refused to carry her farther.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
6  Tom could lift it, after an awkward fashion, but could not carry it conveniently.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
7  "Perhaps the river will carry me to little Kay," said she; and then she grew less sad.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
8  Two miles hence the garden of the Snow Queen begins; thither you may carry the little girl.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
9  And as they were so weary that their legs would carry them no longer, they lay down beneath a tree and fell asleep.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
10  At length the cook took him into his service, and said he might carry wood and water, and rake the cinders together.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In IRON HANS
11  He resolved to adopt the second, and began that day to carry out his resolve.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
12  Recollect, our only desire is to carry out, in a fitting manner, the last wishes of our friend.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
13  I will do everything in my power to carry out your wishes, your excellency.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 54. A Flurry in Stocks.
14  Oh, no," replied Monte Cristo; "I do not carry brutalism so far.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40. The Breakfast.
15  But there was Jordan beside me who, unlike Daisy, was too wise ever to carry well-forgotten dreams from age to age.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Although in poor health, she continued to carry out her duties.
2  His argument does not carry much conviction.
3  I will ask a porter to carry the baggages for me.
4  He's got the experience and the authority to carry it off.
5  The local authority is to carry out a feasibility study into expanding the old stadium.
6  Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms.
7  Patience and application will carry us through.
8  I don't want to carry this bag about with me all day.
9  She must be very strong to carry such a weight on her back.
10  It's not their weight that makes these sacks hard to carry, it's their bulk.
11  Each worker has to carry a magnetized plastic entry card.
12  Sometimes you just have to pick yourself up and carry on.
13  Speak softly and carry a big stick.
14  Even the big shot has to carry his wife's purse.
15  The function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart.