CLIMB in a Sentence

Learn CLIMB 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.
277 example sentences for CLIMB, such as:
1. Don't climb a tree to look for fish.
2. Life's a climb, but the view is great.
3. It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill.
4. He tried to climb the tree, but he could not.
5. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CLIMB
climb
 n.  an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
 n.  the act of climbing something
Classic Sentence: (201 in 14 pages)
1  The villagers, being afoot, were the first to climb the slope to the main street, while the country neighbours packed themselves more slowly into the sleighs under the shed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He fetched the grays from Hale's stable and started on his long climb back to the farm.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  They had known her for years, and, since their childhood, she had been a favorite playmate, for she could ride horses and climb trees almost as well as they.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Swearing, sweating men hauled the heavy guns up the precipitous slopes, for mules could not climb the hillsides.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  Scarlett hurried from her room to the top of the stairs and saw her daughter stretching her short plump legs in an effort to climb the steps.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
6  Lily dropped down on the rock, glowing with her long climb.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
7  It was like diving into icy water to climb out of the carriage, but on the ground she smiled at him, her face little and childish and pink above the buffalo robe over her shoulders.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  The moment was not the highest of her life, but the lowest and most desolate, which was altogether excellent, for instead of slipping downward she began to climb.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  He lives on the sea, as prairie cocks in the prairie; he hides among the waves, he climbs them as chamois hunters climb the Alps.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
10  The road from the post-office came directly by our door, crossed the farmyard, and curved round this little pond, beyond which it began to climb the gentle swell of unbroken prairie to the west.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
11  'All right,' he said coolly, took up his oil-can, and began to climb the mill.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
12  Marija clung to him tightly; he could hear Ona sobbing and moaning above, and he fought to get away and climb up, without waiting for her reply.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
13  A bear ought to climb; therefore will I take a look above them.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
14  He saw a man climb to the top of the fence, straddle the rail, and fire a parting shot.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
15  A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
Example Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1  He pulled at the rope hanging from above to see if it was safe for the climb.
2  In the face of the new evidence he had to climb down and admit he had been wrong.
3  He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
4  It's a steep climb to the top of the mountain, but the view is worth it.
5  We didn't climb to the very top of the mountain, but close enough.
6  It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill.
7  There was a steep climb on the road out of town.
8  Don't climb a tree to look for fish.
9  He tried to climb the tree, but he could not.
10  He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
11  The bench gave me the foothold I needed to climb into the tree.
12  Life's a climb, but the view is great.
13  It was a long climb to the top of the hill, but it was worth it for the view from the top.
14  If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position.
15  She was the first British woman to climb the mountain.