DID in a Sentence

Learn DID 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.
404 example sentences for DID, such as:
1. Hard work never did anyone any harm.
2. He says he knows the car that did it.
3. He did extraordinarily well in the war.
4. Hester Prynne, therefore, did not flee.
5. Never afterwards did it quit her bosom.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DID
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The tranquillity which I now enjoyed did not endure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
2  "You did it, Tom," she said accusingly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  I know you didn't mean to but you did do it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  I was new to sorrow, but it did not the less alarm me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  He says he knows the car that did it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  He did extraordinarily well in the war.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
8  Such a mad act as that man did should make us all think.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  Hester Prynne, therefore, did not flee.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
10  But the child did not see fit to let the matter drop.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
11  What we did had a consecration of its own.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
12  Never afterwards did it quit her bosom.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIV. CONCLUSION
13  I thanked my friend from my heart, but I did not speak.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  He did not speak, he did not behave like himself.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
15  My brother did not deserve her; he did not even love her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Frequent failures did not affect his morale.
2  Many things now cost double what they did a few years ago.
3  The club members did agree to modify their recruitment policy.
4  They did not allow the serfs any freedom.
5  American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan.
6  The youth continued to gawk at her and did not answer.
7  Hard work never did anyone any harm.
8  Her boss did not display any human traits.
9  A few late nights never did anyone any harm.
10  I did not acknowledge that he had done anything wrong.
11  Norman's brain was reeling, but he did his best to appear calm.
12  She did not want to appear unreasonable.
13  He did not appear to be overburdened with guilt.
14  Mr Bush did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act.
15  They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.