DOUBLE in a Sentence
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244 example sentences for DOUBLE, such as:
1. There is that double possibility.
2. Single is simple, double is trouble.
3. My phone number is six o four double two.
4. Don't park your car on double yellow lines.
5. The total output is double that of last year.
2. Single is simple, double is trouble.
3. My phone number is six o four double two.
4. Don't park your car on double yellow lines.
5. The total output is double that of last year.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DOUBLE
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double
n. a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
v. do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
Classic Sentence: (187 in 13 pages)
1 Napoleon then led them back to the store-shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog.
2 A double stockade, or palisade, composed of pointed beams, which the adjacent forest supplied, defended the outer and inner bank of the trench.
3 The noble and solemn air with which Rebecca made this appeal, gave it double weight with the fair Saxon.
4 The last word came out with a sort of double expression, betwixt jest and earnest.
5 In the little garden the double daffodils rose in tufts, near the wide-open door, and red double daisies made a border to the path.
6 And in real grief, tormented by her own double consciousness and reaction, she began to weep.
7 She began to think it rather hard upon the mare to have such double duty; if she were forgotten, the poor mare should be remembered.
8 They were both wrapped in old and shabby outer garments, which might, perhaps, serve the double purpose of protecting their persons from the rain, and sheltering them from observation.
9 'Such matters keep well, and, like good wine, often double their value in course of time,' answered the matron, still preserving the resolute indifference she had assumed.
10 Pleasure not known beforehand is half wasted; to anticipate it is to double it.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
11 When they entered the large common room of the inn they found assembled there about ten men from among the neighbouring population, and the group was increased by the new contingent to double that number.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
12 They were like those double stars which revolve round and round each other, and from a distance appear to be one.
13 Hence, you see, my double deduction that you had been out in vile weather, and that you had a particularly malignant boot-slitting specimen of the London slavey.
14 There is that double possibility.
15 There was a double stream upon the stair, some going up in hope, and some coming back dejected; but we wedged in as well as we could and soon found ourselves in the office.
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1 If Hollis was a double agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw.
2 As a double agent, he worked for the Americans and the Russians.
3 Many things now cost double what they did a few years ago.
4 The main cabin has its full-sized double bed centrally placed with plenty of room around it.
5 The total output is double that of last year.
6 Single is simple, double is trouble.
7 He suffered headaches and double vision after hitting his head in the accident.
8 Don't park your car on double yellow lines.
9 Scientists have calculated that the world's population will double by the end of the century.
10 As an Eric Clapton fan, I recommend this double album without the slightest hesitation.
11 The two trees have grown together to form a double trunk.
12 My phone number is six o four double two.
13 Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
14 You should insure against loss of heat by having double glazing.
15 You should ensure against loss of heat by having double glazing.