DISPROPORTIONATE in a Sentence
Learn DISPROPORTIONATE 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.
11 example sentences for DISPROPORTIONATE, such as:
1. You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
2. There are a disproportionate number of girls in the class.
3. He is small for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large.
4. The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
5. Her Armand was disproportionately young and slight, a handsome youth, perplexed in the extreme.
2. There are a disproportionate number of girls in the class.
3. He is small for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large.
4. The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
5. Her Armand was disproportionately young and slight, a handsome youth, perplexed in the extreme.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DISPROPORTIONATE
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disproportionate
a. out of proportion
a. not proportionate
Classic Sentence:
1 And try to restrain the disproportionate fervour with which you throw yourself into commonplace home pleasures.
2 I was very much depressed in spirits; very solitary; and felt an uneasiness in Ham's not being there, disproportionate to the occasion.
3 He had contented himself with putting a flat roof on the remaining first floor which gave the building the squat, disproportionate look of a child's playhouse built of shoe boxes.
4 I hated them from the first, and shut myself away from everyone in timid, wounded and disproportionate pride.
5 Her Armand was disproportionately young and slight, a handsome youth, perplexed in the extreme.
6 He is small for his age, with a head which is quite disproportionately large.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
7 His memories of the olden time and of the immediate present floated there pell-mell and mingled confusedly, losing their proper forms, becoming disproportionately large, then suddenly disappearing, as in a muddy and perturbed pool.
Example Sentence:
1 You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
2 The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
3 There are a disproportionate number of girls in the class.
4 But, Mr. Ambassador, the European Union has expressed concern at what it calls a disproportionate response to the kidnappings by Hezbollah.