DIRECT in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for DIRECT, such as:
1. Experienced users have direct access to the main data files.
2. Before his direct gaze her eyes fell again in real confusion.
3. The right thing would be to apply direct pressure to the wound.
4. The lense of the camera should be screened from direct sunlight.
5. There is a direct correlation between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
2. Before his direct gaze her eyes fell again in real confusion.
3. The right thing would be to apply direct pressure to the wound.
4. The lense of the camera should be screened from direct sunlight.
5. There is a direct correlation between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DIRECT
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direct
v. lead, as in the performance of a composition
v. be in charge of
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He knew what he wanted, and when Gerald wanted something he gained it by taking the most direct route.
2 It was a simple plan, for, with Gerald's single-mindedness of purpose, her eyes were centered on the goal and she thought only of the most direct steps by which to reach it.
3 Scarlett had made her plans to spend Christmas at Tara, but after Ashley's telegram came no power on earth, not even a direct command from the disappointed Ellen, could drag her away from Atlanta.
4 With those precious twin lines of iron in danger, the Confederates left their desperately defended rifle pits and, under the starlight, made a forced march to Resaca by the short, direct road.
5 Instead of continuing the direct assault, he swung his army in a wide circle again and tried to come between the Confederates and Atlanta.
6 Before his direct gaze her eyes fell again in real confusion.
7 An impulse of curiosity made him turn out of his direct line to the door, and stroll past her.
8 It was the first time she had received a direct communication from Bellomont since the close of her last visit there, and she was still visited by the dread of having incurred Judy's displeasure.
9 But for the moment she was drawn out of herself by the interest of her direct relation with a world so unlike her own.
10 Reaching town, he was driven direct to his club, where he hoped a note from Miss Bart might await him.
11 The implication that such loyalty would meet with a direct reward had hastened her flight, and flung her back, ashamed and penitent, on the broad bosom of Gerty's sympathy.
12 For sinful as he is, Jonah does not weep and wail for direct deliverance.
13 Nor, will the tragic dramatist who would depict mortal indomitableness in its fullest sweep and direct swing, ever forget a hint, incidentally so important in his art, as the one now alluded to.
14 There are no external chimneys; they open direct from the rear wall.
15 Grandmother went on talking in her polite Virginia way, not admitting their stark need or her own remissness, until Jake arrived with the hamper, as if in direct answer to Mrs. Shimerda's reproaches.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Experienced users have direct access to the main data files.
2 Children are seen as learning to write by direct imitation of adult models.
3 The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality.
4 The most direct financial incentive to prevent rubbish is to charge people by the amount of rubbish they put out.
5 The energy an animal uses is in direct relation to speed and body mass.
6 The spokesman never gave a direct answer to any question of the reporters.
7 The right thing would be to apply direct pressure to the wound.
8 The demonstrators have now made a direct challenge to the authority of the government.
9 The direct marketing industry has become adept at packaging special offers.
10 The deputy commander reportedly has twice refused to obey the commander's direct orders on troop deployment.
11 We are looking for somebody with direct experience of this type of work.
12 His wife was the direct inspiration for the main character in the book.
13 She saw herself as a direct, no-nonsense modern woman.
14 The lense of the camera should be screened from direct sunlight.
15 There is a direct correlation between exposure to sun and skin cancer.