EXAMPLE in a Sentence

Learn EXAMPLE 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.
133 example sentences for EXAMPLE, such as:
1. This dauntless example fired Zara.
2. A good example is the best sermon.
3. This is similar to the example cited above.
4. Let me give an example to illustrate the point.
5. This is a classic example of a badly designed building.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EXAMPLE
example
 n.  punishment intended as a warning to others
 n.  a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
Classic Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  This dauntless example fired Zara.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
2  "I follow the good example my neighbors set me," was Laurie's answer, as he swung himself out of the room.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
3  Miss Eliza Bennet, let me persuade you to follow my example, and take a turn about the room.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
4  For example, if my neighbour has a mind to my cow, he has a lawyer to prove that he ought to have my cow from me.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER V.
5  'Now, for example, Mr. Traddles,' said Mrs. Micawber, assuming a profound air, 'a judge, or even say a Chancellor.'
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. ENTHUSIASM
6  Yes, I should say he would never, for example, be worth five hundred pound.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
7  For example: You brought a divorce case, or a restitution case, into the Consistory.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
8  "Yes, I imagine that this will be the solitary example of a properly fitted hospital in Russia," said Sviazhsky.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 20
9  Caderousse set the example and attacked the breakfast with good appetite, praising each dish he set before his visitor.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
10  Accept my acknowledgments for the example you have set me, and which I intend following.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
11  But you have discarded your titles after the example set you by Messrs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit.
12  Of this I might cite numerous examples, but shall content myself with one relating to our own city.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIII.
13  The truth of what I say is confirmed by numberless examples both Roman and foreign, modern and ancient.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIII.
14  It might, I grant, be harder to demonstrate this great superiority of foot over horse, had we not very many modern examples affording the clearest proof of it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII.
15  On the contrary, when those conspired against escape, they become harsher and more unsufferable than before, as, in the examples given, Florence, Athens, and Heraclea had cause to know.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Example Sentence: (86 in 6 pages)
1  This is similar to the example cited above.
2  She is a shining example of what people with disabilities can achieve.
3  His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.
4  Here is an example of a TV advertisement telling the public about a new breakfast cereal.
5  A good example is the best sermon.
6  The debate in the mainstream press has been a classic example of British hypocrisy.
7  This is a classic example of a badly designed building.
8  This palace is an example of early ancient Chinese architecture.
9  This choice of language is for example particularly important in communicating to youth and senior citizen markets.
10  Abel, for example, is obviously a Democrat, as he slipped more than a few anti-Reagan barbs into his presentation.
11  The example of the United States illustrates this point.
12  His noble example inspired the rest of us to greater efforts.
13  Let me give an example to illustrate the point.
14  It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept.
15  I never saw such a glaring example of misrepresentation.