DURING in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for DURING, such as:
1. The agreement was signed during a meeting at the UN.
2. Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
3. African rivers turn to hard mud during the dry season.
4. He fought in the N African campaign during the last war.
5. This happened frequently during the Nixon Administration.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DURING
during
 prep.  throughout course or duration of;
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was during their night walks back to the farm that he felt most intensely the sweetness of this communion.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  "It might have fallen off into the snow," Mattie continued, after a pause during which they had stood intently listening.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  It was during one of these brawls that Stuart Tarleton had shot Cade Calvert and Tony Fontaine had shot Brent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  She liked this position, for she seldom failed to go to sleep during prayers and, in this postures it escaped her mother's notice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  There had been no talk of politics or impending war all during the morning, because of Mr. Wilkes' request that the ladies should not be bored.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  It irritated her so much that during one formal call she aped Gerald's brogue to her aunt's distress.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  But during the years before Gerald married Ellen, the tiny settlement, twenty-five miles north of Tara, slowly grew into a village and the tracks slowly pushed northward.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  Deliverance came in the form she least expected when, during the after-dinner-nap period, Mrs. Merriwether and Mrs. Elsing drove up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  He came and went during these months, arriving unheralded and leaving without saying good-by.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  A hasty note from Darcy Meade to the doctor, the only first-hand information Atlanta received during those first days of July, was passed from hand to hand, with mounting indignation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
11  She thought of all the things she had intended to say to him during this week.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  Never once during these last days had he betrayed to Scarlett by one look, one word, anything but the affection a brother might show a sister or a friend, a lifelong friend.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  In spite of all these trials and tribulations, Atlanta's ten thousand population had grown to double that number during the war.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
14  General Steve Lee was there during the afternoon covering the retreat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  It was during these days that Scarlett dreamed and dreamed again the nightmare which was to haunt her for years.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.
2  According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution.
3  Setting off firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.
4  Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
5  The Railway Administration of Beijing redressed the damage done to my baggage during the transportation.
6  This happened frequently during the Nixon Administration.
7  I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.
8  He fought in the N African campaign during the last war.
9  African rivers turn to hard mud during the dry season.
10  He could have died after developing deep vein thrombosis during a flight to Sydney.
11  The agreement was signed during a meeting at the UN.
12  The value of the property almost doubled during the interim period.
13  Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it's not obligatory.
14  He was my only Chinese companion during my stay in American.
15  More societies are expected to announce mortgage rate increases during the Conservative Party conference this week.