ENGINEER in a Sentence

Learn ENGINEER 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.
169 example sentences for ENGINEER, such as:
1. He trained as a civil engineer.
2. She is a topographical engineer.
3. I think the engine's overheating again.
4. The car's engine is beginning to act up.
5. You need the advice of a qualified engineer.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ENGINEER
engineer
 v.  design as an engineer
 n.  the operator of a railway locomotive
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  I got on here with a bit of contriving, because I knew Richards, the company engineer, in the army.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
2  By profession I am a hydraulic engineer, and I have had considerable experience of my work during the seven years that I was apprenticed to Venner & Matheson, the well-known firm, of Greenwich.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
3  , Mr. Jeremiah Hayling, aged twenty-six, a hydraulic engineer.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
4  There were Sherlock Holmes, the hydraulic engineer, Inspector Bradstreet, of Scotland Yard, a plain-clothes man, and myself.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
5  Yes, Mr. Holmes, Cyril Morton, an electrical engineer, and we hope to be married at the end of the summer.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
6  "I am my own engineer, and my own carpenter, and my own plumber, and my own gardener, and my own Jack of all Trades," said Wemmick, in acknowledging my compliments.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
7  The walls of his chest seemed to thrill and quiver as a frail building would do inside when some powerful engine was at work.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
8  Clifford started the little engine, the man carefully turned the chair, and set it nose-forwards to the incline that curved gently to the dark hazel thicket.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  The Germans invented a new locomotive engine with a self feeder, that did not need a fireman.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
10  The man crouched solicitously by the wheel, and peered at the little engine.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
11  Then he sat down on his heels and peered under the chair, poking with his finger at the greasy little engine, and resenting the grease-marks on his clean Sunday shirt.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
12  The man lay flat on his stomach on the floor, his neck pressed back, wriggling under the engine and poking with his finger.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
13  Clifford started his engine, then put her in gear.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
14  Clifford resented the interference: but he made his engine buzz like a blue-bottle.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
15  He began doing things with his engine, running her fast and slow as if to get some sort of tune out of her.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1  If there is something wrong with the machine,it should be reported at once to the engineer in charge.
2  He trained as a civil engineer.
3  The unemployed engineer wrote a dozen applications for jobs but got nothing.
4  They send a service engineer to fix the disk drive.
5  The most junior executive officer outranked the senior engineer officer aboard ship.
6  He was set free and rehabilitated as chief engineer.
7  You need the advice of a qualified engineer.
8  The engineer was an eager participant in technical co - operation.
9  The engineer is coming to repair our phone tomorrow morning.
10  The task needs the skills of a suitably experienced engineer.
11  But even China's top hydro-electric engineer has expressed his doubts about some of his work, accusing one dam of causing disastrous floods and admitting that ordinary people had benefited little from the Three Gorges Dam.
12  She is a topographical engineer.
13  The engine is mounted in the middle to achieve a more even weight distribution.
14  The car's engine is beginning to act up.
15  I think the engine's overheating again.