CUP in a Sentence
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278 example sentences for CUP, such as:
1. He set a cup on the table.
2. I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
3. And held her cup out to be filled.
4. A full cup must be carried steadily.
5. Colum drained the dregs from his cup.
2. I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
3. And held her cup out to be filled.
4. A full cup must be carried steadily.
5. Colum drained the dregs from his cup.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CUP
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cup
v. put into a cup
n. a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 He had handed her a cup and a racquet--that was all.
2 The wild child, afloat once more on the tide of the old man's benignity, looked over her coffee cup at Giles, with whom she felt in conspiracy.
3 His face showed it; and Isa, not knowing what to say, abruptly, half purposely, knocked over a coffee cup.
4 Very delicately William Dodge set the cup in its saucer.
5 And held her cup out to be filled.
6 Mrs. Manresa half-way down the Barn had gulped her cup of tea.
7 "Swallows," said Lucy, holding her cup, looking at the birds.
8 As if the play had jerked the ball out of the cup; as if what I call myself was still floating unattached, and didn't settle.
9 He had given her a cup of tea at a tennis party; handed her, once, a racquet.
10 This brought them to the fireside, where the easy-chair was drawn cosily up, and the tea-things stood ready to the sitter's elbow, the very sugar in the cup.
11 I had but to drink the cup, to doff at once the body of the noted professor, and to assume, like a thick cloak, that of Edward Hyde.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
12 The creature struggled, struck her, seized her by the hair; but Rachael had the cup.
13 She held the cup in her hand even now.
14 Pledge me in a cup of wine, Sir Templar," said Cedric, "and fill another to the Abbot, while I look back some thirty years to tell you another tale.
15 Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew.
Example Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1 Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.
2 A full cup must be carried steadily.
3 On the evidence of their recent matches, it is unlikely the Spanish team will win the cup.
4 There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.
5 Soccer fans converged on the capital for the cup final.
6 The last drop makes the cup run over.
7 There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
8 Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
9 I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
10 Colum drained the dregs from his cup.
11 Coffee slopped over the rim of her cup.
12 This cup is very full so be careful with it.
13 A good strong cup of coffee is just what I need right now.
14 Let's see if somebody can rustle up a cup of coffee.
15 He set a cup on the table.