CHAIN in a Sentence

Learn CHAIN 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.
224 example sentences for CHAIN, such as:
1. Gold Albert chain, very heavy and solid.
2. I have detached the watch from the chain.
3. She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.
4. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
5. One lining broken, the whole chain is broken.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CHAIN
chain
 n.  (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
 n.  (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Classic Sentence: (185 in 13 pages)
1  So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Gold Albert chain, very heavy and solid.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  On the extreme verge of the horizon lie a long chain of mountain peaks, with their rugged summits flecked with snow.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
4  Pendant from her chain her cross swung as she leant out and the sun struck it.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
5  But we that have bound our wrists with cowslips might join 'em with a stouter chain.'
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
6  When the chain was inserted between the buttons he was off.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
7  A golden chain, to which was attached a small reliquary of the same metal, hung round her neck.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  'That's why having a son helps; one is only a link in a chain,' he said.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  I hope you will like the chain itself, Fanny.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
10  I am most happy that you like the chain, and that it should be here in time for to-morrow; but your thanks are far beyond the occasion.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
11  Wear the necklace, as you are engaged to do, to-morrow evening, and let the chain, which was not ordered with any reference to the ball, be kept for commoner occasions.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  When he began to undo the chain, the legs desisted, and a voice began.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  'I will, directly, sir,' replied Oliver: undoing the chain, and turning the key.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  I know how listlessly and wearily each of that wretched pair dragged on their heavy chain through a world that was poisoned to them both.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
15  He staked his watch and chain, and lost as before; staked his umbrella, lost again; staked his hat, lost again; staked his coat and stood in his shirt-sleeves, lost again.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
Example Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
2  A chain is no stronger than its weakest lining.
3  Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment; not only about survival.
4  My bike chain was clanking in an alarming way as I pedalled along.
5  Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.
6  I have detached the watch from the chain.
7  One lining broken, the whole chain is broken.
8  The whole food chain is affected by the over-use of chemicals in agriculture.
9  Firefighters formed a human chain to carry the children to safety.
10  Apart from his earnings as a football coach, he also owns and runs a chain of sports shops.
11  Food production, processing and marketing are different links in the chain from farmer to consumer.
12  I didn't want to chain you down, feel free to use your own ideas.
13  She wore a heavy gold chain around her neck.
14  The powder immediately ignited and set off a chain reaction of explosions.
15  A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.