EARTHQUAKE in a Sentence
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50 example sentences for EARTHQUAKE, such as:
1. The bridge broke down in last earthquake.
2. Jacqueries are earthquakes of the people.
3. The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.
4. Three hundred people perished in the earthquake.
5. The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.
2. Jacqueries are earthquakes of the people.
3. The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.
4. Three hundred people perished in the earthquake.
5. The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.
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Meanings and Examples of EARTHQUAKE
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earthquake
n. a disturbance that is extremely disruptive
n. shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity
Classic Sentence:
1 I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
2 To Jurgis the Herr Dr. Schliemann assumed the proportions of a thunderstorm or an earthquake.
3 A mighty influence is abroad, surging and heaving the world, as with an earthquake.
4 "I feel as if there had been an earthquake," said Jo, as their neighbors went home to breakfast, leaving them to rest and refresh themselves.
5 The wind arose; the sea roared; and, as with the mighty shock of an earthquake, it split and cracked with a tremendous and overwhelming sound.
6 When I went through the offices of my department, it was a regular earthquake, Everyone trembled and shook like a leaf.
7 If you had," said the old woman, "you would acknowledge that it is far more terrible than an earthquake.
8 That he should have set the buckle of his stock awry, it was indispensable that there should have taken place in him one of those emotions which may be designated as internal earthquakes.
9 Jacqueries are earthquakes of the people.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
10 Probably the mother during an important interval was sailing down the Peruvian coast, when earthquakes caused the beach to gape.
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1 An earthquake hit the capital, causing panic among the population.
2 Poor Smith was one of those who went west in the earthquake.
3 An earthquake in the city could result in deaths beyond number.
4 The earthquake plunged entire towns over the edge of the cliffs.
5 Government officials visited the earthquake zone on Thursday morning to co-ordinate the relief effort.
6 They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.
7 The government has promised to match any private donations to the earthquake fund.
8 The earthquake was the worst calamity in the country's history.
9 The earthquake hit the city at two in the morning.
10 A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.
11 Three hundred people perished in the earthquake.
12 The bridge broke down in last earthquake.
13 The city lay in ruins after the earthquake.
14 The organization distributed food and blankets to the earthquake victims.
15 A powerful earthquake struck the Italian island of Sicily early this morning.