ESTIMATE in a Sentence

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95 example sentences for ESTIMATE, such as:
1. My estimate of his abilities was wrong.
2. I'll prepare a revised estimate for you.
3. We estimate the cost to be four thousand dollars.
4. The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability.
5. We will send you an estimate for the work without obligation.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ESTIMATE
estimate
 n.  a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
 n.  a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  She said her lumber was better and cheaper too, and to prove it she ran up a long column of figures in her head and gave him an estimate then and there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  Still, unbidden, came the thought that Ashley could never make a quick estimate in his head and give a price that was correct, as she could.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  He was no less conscious than before of what was said of Lily Bart, but he could separate the woman he knew from the vulgar estimate of her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
4  But it was in the quality of his admiration that she read his shrewd estimate of her case.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
5  I would have you investigate it now with the sole view of forming to yourself some unexaggerated, intelligent estimate of whatever battering-ram power may be lodged there.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
6  It is possible that Heyward's estimate of danger differed in some degree from that of the scout, for, instead of replying, he now sat in silence, while the canoe glided over several miles of water.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
7  The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  He was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate quite within the truth.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  With a memory sharpened to almost preternatural clearness, she remarked every turn in the road, and formed a mental estimate of the time to be occupied in traversing it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
10  I will not trust thee, Templar," said Rebecca; "thou hast taught me better how to estimate the virtues of thine Order.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  It would not be fair to inquire into a young lady's exact estimate of her own perfections.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  You should come to London to know how to estimate your conquest.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  In the social sphere these gifted ones are mostly women; they can watch a world which they never saw, and estimate forces of which they have only heard.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
14  The lowest estimate would put the worth of the coronet at double the sum which I have asked.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
15  I had got to such a low estimate of her kind that I did not expect any gratitude from her.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability.
2  I can give you a rough estimate of the amount of wood you will need.
3  My estimate of his abilities was wrong.
4  We estimate the cost to be four thousand dollars.
5  Some analysts estimate its current popularity at around ten per cent.
6  I can give you a rough estimate of the number of bricks you will need.
7  Try to estimate how many steps it will take to get to a close object.
8  I'll prepare a revised estimate for you.
9  We are at present in correspondence with the company on the matter of our estimate for the repair of the bridge.
10  We will send you an estimate for the work without obligation.
11  Therefore it's impossible to estimate the actual value of the deal.
12  The insurance industry is well prepared to estimate of the loss it will suffer.
13  The insurance industry is well prepared to make a quick estimate of the loss it will suffer.
14  For roadway luminaries, I estimate an illumination increase with proper shielding to perhaps 115 percent of the unshielded level.
15  The cause of this estimate of her inferiority was her lack of education.