DESIGNATE in a Sentence

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368 example sentences for DESIGNATE, such as:
1. This is one of our most popular designs.
2. employed to designate the Huguenot heresy.
3. Great designs require great consideration.
4. His designs indicate a reluctance to conform to fashion.
5. They insisted their nontraditional designs for the building.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DESIGNATE
designate
 v.  design or destine
 v.  give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Classic Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1  employed to designate the Huguenot heresy.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES SH...
2  So far as I can learn, the term was first used to designate a part of the country which was distinguished by the colour of the soil.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII.
3  It is well understood here, that by the words Venice, England, we designate not the peoples, but social structures; the oligarchies superposed on nations, and not the nations themselves.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
4  Here it seems to me not out of place to cite instances of the Romans seeking assistance from religion in reforming their institutions and in carrying out their warlike designs.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII.
5  And contriving, in this way to make his designs tally with the auspices, he joined battle, without the army knowing that the ordinances of religion had in any degree been disregarded.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV.
6  Maternianus, accordingly, wrote back that such designs were entertained by Macrinus.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
7  This arousing their suspicion, led them to disclose their designs and endeavour to carry them out.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
8  It was a saying of Epaminondas the Theban that nothing was so useful and necessary for a commander as to be able to see through the intentions and designs of his adversary.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVIII.
9  He, however, refused absolutely to lend himself to their designs, and insisted on their appointing new consuls, telling them that they should seek to discredit evil examples, not add to them by setting worse.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXIV.
10  Because he, having a lofty spirit and far-reaching aims, could not have regulated his conduct otherwise, and only the shortness of the life of Alexander and his own sickness frustrated his designs.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
11  I resolved, therefore, that if my immediate union with my cousin would conduce either to hers or my father's happiness, my adversary's designs against my life should not retard it a single hour.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
12  On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
13  His want of spirits, of openness, and of consistency, were most usually attributed to his want of independence, and his better knowledge of Mrs. Ferrars's disposition and designs.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
14  But now, after such dishonorable usage, who can tell what were his designs on her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
15  She received my attentions with favour; but whether on my account solely, or because she had any designs on Red Whisker, I can't say.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I did not designate Mr. Irons as my representative, and as far as I know he acted on his own initiative and spoke for himself.
2  The adjutant general may designate an officer to be in direct charge of each armory, arsenal, camp, base, or other facility.
3  The world's most popular social network will begin allowing its members to designate someone—what they call a “legacy contact”—to manage parts of their accounts posthumously.
4  There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.
5  Their faces and bodies were tattooed or scarred in hideous designs.
6  Fujitsu, Toshiba, HP and Lenovo all insist that their designs are sufficiently different to Dell and Apple, that there is no abnormal risk of fire.
7  The designs, which include flowers in quaint pale colors, give the notes a modern, clean look.
8  In all, around two-hundred representatives from fifteen countries will take part in seminars focusing on state-of-the-art restroom designs and planning, ventilation and sanitation.
9  They insisted their nontraditional designs for the building.
10  Traditional handbag makers are injecting more fun into their designs.
11  His designs indicate a reluctance to conform to fashion.
12  This is one of our most popular designs.
13  Their new designs represent a departure from their usual style.
14  Great designs require great consideration.
15  He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design.