CHARITY in a Sentence
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114 example sentences for CHARITY, such as:
1. The subject of his sermon was charity.
2. The charity has been an agent for social change.
3. Even unpaid work for charity is better than nothing.
4. The charity is completely reliant on public donations.
5. These people are not wholly reliant on Western charity.
2. The charity has been an agent for social change.
3. Even unpaid work for charity is better than nothing.
4. The charity is completely reliant on public donations.
5. These people are not wholly reliant on Western charity.
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Meanings and Examples of CHARITY
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charity
n. an institution set up to provide help to the needy
n. an activity or gift that benefits the public at large
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1 The next he addressed was a man who had been haranguing a large assembly for a whole hour on the subject of charity.
2 Candide, amazed at all he had suffered and still more with the charity of the old woman, wished to kiss her hand.
3 You see," said Candide to Martin on the way, "we supped with six dethroned kings, and of those six there was one to whom I gave charity.
4 The subject of his sermon was charity.
5 When it was a question of charity, he was not to be rebuffed even by a refusal, and on such occasions he gave utterance to remarks which induced reflection.
6 A member of the Convention produced on him somewhat the effect of being outside the pale of the law, even of the law of charity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
7 She had always been predestined to gentleness; but faith, charity, hope, those three virtues which mildly warm the soul, had gradually elevated that gentleness to sanctity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
8 As soon as that sum was spent, the Thenardiers grew accustomed to look on the little girl merely as a child whom they were caring for out of charity; and they treated her accordingly.
9 Father Madeleine had him conveyed to an infirmary which he had established for his workmen in the factory building itself, and which was served by two sisters of charity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
10 Madeleine, on the recommendation of the sisters of charity and of his priest, got the good man a place as gardener in a female convent in the Rue Saint-Antoine in Paris.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
11 The two nuns who performed the services of nurse in the infirmary, Lazariste ladies, like all sisters of charity, bore the names of Sister Perpetue and Sister Simplice.
12 Sister Perpetue was an ordinary villager, a sister of charity in a coarse style, who had entered the service of God as one enters any other service.
13 , his consideration, his good name, his good works, the deference and veneration paid to him, his charity, his wealth, his popularity, his virtue, would be seasoned with a crime.
14 It is rare that charity and pity are the outcome of these words.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
15 You see, sir, we do not ask charity, and we cannot bestow it.
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1 The charity has been an agent for social change.
2 The charity tonight launched its great crusade against homelessness.
3 These people are not wholly reliant on Western charity.
4 The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work.
5 Every Christmas we have a collection for a local charity.
6 The charity is having a street collection in aid of the local hospital.
7 I asked my headmaster if he could arrange a collection for a refugee charity.
8 The charity is completely reliant on public donations.
9 The issues raised in the report relate directly to the ongoing work of the charity.
10 The director of the charity made an impassioned plea for help.
11 Encourage her to get involved in fund-raising for charity.
12 Even unpaid work for charity is better than nothing.
13 The concert was supposed to be a charity event but it had strong political overtones.
14 Her article showed no charity towards her former friends.
15 The callous couple milked money from a hospital charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.