EFFECT in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for EFFECT, such as:
1. The touch had its instantaneous effect.
2. The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
3. She tried the garden with no better effect.
4. It had no effect on Sissy, fact or no fact.
5. The finished effect was absolutely stunning.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EFFECT
effect
 v.  act so as to bring into existence
 n.  a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Sherlock Holmes' earnest demeanour had so far convinced us that we all sat in silence, watching the animal intently, and expecting some startling effect.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  His face and hands were terribly mangled by his passage through the glass, but loss of blood had no effect in diminishing his resistance.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  It had been felt that the existence of a farm owned and operated by pigs was somehow abnormal and was liable to have an unsettling effect in the neighbourhood.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
4  The last words had a visible effect upon her.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
5  The touch had its instantaneous effect.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
6  There was an universal murmur to the same effect, though no man articulated a word.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
7  She tried the garden with no better effect.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
8  He did add it in effect, perhaps, as he softly moved her scattered hair from her forehead with his hand.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
9  It had no effect on Sissy, fact or no fact.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
10  The other, similar in effect, to Mr. Gradgrind.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
11  The warm and impassioned exhortations of Cedric had as little effect upon his impassive temper, as red-hot balls alighting in the water, which produce a little sound and smoke, and are instantly extinguished.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
12  But Higg, the son of Snell, felt most deeply the effect produced by the sight of the countenance of his benefactress.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
13  Three of the weapons struck against him, and splintered with as little effect as if they had been driven against a tower of steel.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
14  The effect of this apparition on the persons present was utterly appalling.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  The Church gave her full solemnities, graced with all the splendour which she of Rome knows how to apply with such brilliant effect.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The finished effect was absolutely stunning.
2  The medicine did not achieve the desired effect.
3  The negotiators hoped to effect a smooth transition to an interim administration.
4  The law has had little measurable effect since it was introduced two years ago.
5  The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect on any organisation.
6  The letter is to the effect that he will soon arrive.
7  Certain chemicals have been banned because of their damaging effect on the environment.
8  The crisis had a negative effect on trade.
9  The war, and the corresponding fall in trade, have had a devastating effect on the country.
10  The shutdown had no effect on Calvert Cliffs Unit One, which continues to operate at full capacity.
11  Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
12  The radiation leak has had a disastrous effect on/upon the environment.
13  Kindly inform us when this is put into effect.
14  The value of culture is its effect on character.
15  Tolstoy's experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.