CONTRIBUTE in a Sentence

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123 example sentences for CONTRIBUTE, such as:
1. Everybody should contribute to the discussion.
2. Everyone should contribute what he or she can afford.
3. The three sons also contribute to the family business.
4. City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.
5. Your contributions will affect your pension entitlements.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CONTRIBUTE
contribute
 v.  contribute to some cause
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  The minute Sue got her hands on a little money she'd give herself unendurable airs and never contribute one cent toward the upkeep of Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
2  I'll contribute to their damned charities and I'll go to their damned churches.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  Scarlett curtly refused to contribute more money to Pitty's establishment as long as India was under the same roof.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
4  If each of the board would contribute the same, they could have the books.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  For, as it eventually turned out, he cared not to consort, even for five minutes, with any stranger captain, except he could contribute some of that information he so absorbingly sought.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
6  Then Marija and Jonas were between them to take a third share in the house, which would leave only eight dollars a month for Jurgis to contribute to the payment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing: this put her at once into good humour.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  I took care she should never want for anything that could contribute to her comfort: she soon settled in her new abode, became very happy there, and made fair progress in her studies.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
9  His lack of interest in the subjects she started, and his equal incapacity to contribute to her entertainment, were so obvious that she could not conceal her disappointment.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  On Tuesday, all those who through want of money, time, or enthusiasm, have not been to see the Carnival before, mingle in the gayety, and contribute to the noise and excitement.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
11  He feels that every man owes a tribute to his country; some contribute their talents, others their industry; these devote their blood, those their nightly labors, to the same cause.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
12  The elevation of level which they contribute to civilization is intrinsic with them; it proceeds from themselves and not from an accident.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
13  Stay, let us pass miseries in review, let each one contribute his pile, you are as rich as we.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER VI—THE GRASS COVERS AND THE RAIN EFFACES
14  On the present occasion, for the better entertainment of their visitor, towards whose amusement he felt himself bound to contribute, he wished to engage them for both.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
15  No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  The three sons also contribute to the family business.
2  Regular outings contribute to a sense of fellowship among co-workers.
3  Rubbishy commercials and harmful programmes contribute to the rise in violence and crime in the street.
4  City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.
5  Everybody should contribute to the discussion.
6  Everyone should contribute what he or she can afford.
7  Every parent is asked to contribute a proportion of the total cost.
8  Our findings suggest that early childhood television viewing may also undermine future explosive leg strength and contribute to the accumulation of fat.
9  However, they have also been linked to major health problems such as coronary heart disease, since trans fats build up plaque in the arteries that can contribute to a heart attack.
10  In the developed world, many companies provide a fund, which they and their staff contribute to, which is then invested in shares, bonds and other assets.
11  The government is struggling to persuade the general public to keep up their contributions to the pension scheme.
12  The candidate's acceptance of major financial contributions from a well known racist ultimately proved detrimental to his campaign, for he lost the backing of many of his early grassroots supporters.
13  Democratic and Republican phone solicitors importune her for contributions so frequently that she decides to give nothing to either party.
14  Your contributions will affect your pension entitlements.
15  Insurance contributions are paid at a fixed percentage rate on all earnings.