CUT in a Sentence

Learn CUT 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.
408 example sentences for CUT, such as:
1. The knife cut the flesh of his arm.
2. I'm having my hair cut this afternoon.
3. The cut on my arm bleed for a long time.
4. I cut out the article and pasted it in my scrapbook.
5. We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CUT
cut
 v.  cut down on; make a reduction in
 v.  cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
Classic Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1  The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
2  "I want to get the grass cut," he said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
3  Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  She beheld the minister advancing along the path entirely alone, and leaning on a staff which he had cut by the wayside.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
5  I shall buy up some good Life Assurance shares, and cut into the Direction.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
6  As Drummle and Startop had each a boat, I resolved to set up mine, and to cut them both out.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIII
7  It was abandoned as soon as tried, and he wore his grizzled hair cut short.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
8  As I was not able to cut my dinner, the old landlord with a shining bald head did it for me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
9  "It's a bad job," said Wemmick, scratching his head, "and I assure you I haven't been so cut up for a long time."
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LV
10  I remember that I thought it, in form, more like a riding-habit with the superfluous skirt cut off, than anything else.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
11  He could cut oranges into such devices as none of us had an idea of.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
12  'It's one of the things that cut the trade off from attentions they could often wish to show,' said Mr. Omer.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
13  'I didn't expect he'd cut up so rough, Master Copperfield,' said Uriah.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
14  I am a wretched being, cut off from everything that makes life tolerable.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
15  As my aunt appeared to be annoyed, I thought the best way was to cut her annoyance short.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 62. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  These teachers have been cut off from the mainstream of educational activity.
2  This latest cut in government spending will affect income support recipients and their families.
3  A lot of services have been cut that particularly affect the old.
4  After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
5  I'm having my hair cut this afternoon.
6  Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
7  If the short cut to learning, it also must be diligent.
8  We're trying to cut down on the amount of paperwork involved.
9  Disease, enemy, and debt --these three must be cut off as soon as they begin to grow.
10  Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.
11  They're introducing CCTV cameras in an attempt to cut street crime in the area.
12  The cut on my arm bleed for a long time.
13  The knife cut the flesh of his arm.
14  I cut out the article and pasted it in my scrapbook.
15  We must cut our coat according to our cloth this year.