CORNER in a Sentence

Learn CORNER 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.
332 example sentences for CORNER, such as:
1. The little boy sat in a gloomy corner.
2. Pile the leaves in the corner of the yard.
3. There's a little gift shop around the corner.
4. I saw the car's nose appear round the corner.
5. He huddled in the corner like a terrified child.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CORNER
corner
 n.  a remote area
 n.  the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  On one corner of this was stuck the stump of a red wax candle.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  In this particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a yellow square of coarse plastering.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  This was overlooked because it was in the darkest corner of the room, and no one thought of looking there.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
4  When he turned the corner, he came full in sight of the spot where the fire had been lit.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
5  He ran as far as the corner, and then, seeing my cab, he hailed me and jumped in.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
6  He snuffed in every corner, in the barn, in the cow-shed, in the henhouses, in the vegetable garden, and found traces of Snowball almost everywhere.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
7  Four dogs guarded his bed at night, one at each corner, and a young pig named Pinkeye was given the task of tasting all his food before he ate it, lest it should be poisoned.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
8  If he made a good recovery, he might expect to live another three years, and he looked forward to the peaceful days that he would spend in the corner of the big pasture.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
9  The talk of setting aside a corner of the pasture for superannuated animals had long since been dropped.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
10  Not a word passed between them as she went to the cupboard in the corner and replaced the hammer, which she had taken without asking leave; together--she unclosed her fist--with a handful of nails.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
11  Snobs they were; long enough stationed that is in that one corner of the world to have taken indelibly the print of some three hundred years of customary behaviour.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
12  Out of the corner of his eye, as he raised his glass, he saw a flash of white in the garden.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
13  Mrs. Manresa longed to relax and curl in a corner with a cushion, a picture paper, and a bag of sweets.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
14  Standing by the cupboard in the corner he saw her reflected in the glass.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
15  She sat herself on a packing case, and made motions, plucking her dishevelled locks and rocking herself from side to side as if she were an aged beldame in a chimney corner.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
Example Sentence: (122 in 9 pages)
1  Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
2  I saw the car's nose appear round the corner.
3  Change down into second as you approach the corner.
4  Jones's wise words are a timely reality check for many at the club who believe the great days are just around the corner.
5  There's a little gift shop around the corner.
6  The artist had signed his name in the corner of the painting.
7  He volleyed the ball spectacularly into the far corner of the net.
8  He's sulking in a corner somewhere because I wouldn't let him have a second bar of chocolate.
9  If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.
10  Turn left at the corner and keep on as far as the church.
11  They stacked the crates in the corner of the yard.
12  Pile the leaves in the corner of the yard.
13  The little boy sat in a gloomy corner.
14  He huddled in the corner like a terrified child.
15  He huddled his books in the corner of his bedroom.