EXCEPTIONAL in a Sentence
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305 example sentences for EXCEPTIONAL, such as:
1. The guides are unpaid except for basic expenses.
2. Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
3. Only to the eyes of a Kennicott was it exceptional.
4. This group shows exceptional kindness in their trip.
5. His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.
2. Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
3. Only to the eyes of a Kennicott was it exceptional.
4. This group shows exceptional kindness in their trip.
5. His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of EXCEPTIONAL
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exceptional
a. deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence
a. far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He disliked any suggestion of a really exceptional human being.
2 The day was Sunday; but as going to church, except to be married or buried, was exceptional at Egdon, this made little difference.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
3 She had loved him partly because he was exceptional in this scene, partly because she had determined to love him, chiefly because she was in desperate need of loving somebody after wearying of Wildeve.
4 The instincts of merry England lingered on here with exceptional vitality, and the symbolic customs which tradition has attached to each season of the year were yet a reality on Egdon.
5 It was in the latter days of September, and the equinoctial gales had set in with exceptional violence.
6 Surely your medical experience would tell you, Watson, that weakness in one limb is often compensated for by exceptional strength in the others.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
7 You see, at the commencement of an investigation it is something to know that your client is in close contact with some one who, for good or evil, has an exceptional nature.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
8 Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
9 Not that he was notably brilliant or exceptional; in his own profession he was surpassed by more than one man who had bored Lily through many a weary dinner.
10 Only to the eyes of a Kennicott was it exceptional.
11 We have had too many instances right here in Memphis to doubt this, and our experience is not exceptional.
12 Boys of small capacity he did not long retain in his establishment; whereas those who possessed exceptional talent he put through an extra course of schooling.
13 "People are always too clever with their eldest children and try to make something exceptional of them," said the visitor.
14 His having encountered her in such exceptional circumstances, and his mother having at one time mentioned her to him as a good match, had drawn his particular attention to her.
15 In Denisov's party he held a peculiar and exceptional position.
Example Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1 Capital punishment is allowable only under exceptional circumstances.
2 And in exceptional circumstances, microscopic intestinal parasites have survived to indicate some of the health problems that people suffered.
3 His translation is exceptional in its poetic quality.
4 These exceptional items reflect charges arising from the Ultramar downstream disposals and re-evaluation of assets and reserves.
5 This group shows exceptional kindness in their trip.
6 It's a familiar charge from the conservative fringe, that Obama is somehow different and doesn't view America as an exceptional paragon but is obsessed with apologizing for its failings.
7 Rawls's representative agent is portrayed as a disembodied party devoid of any substantive human characteristics except rationality.
8 Envy is blind and kows nothing except how to depreciate the excellence of others.
9 The guides are unpaid except for basic expenses.
10 No one can degrade us except ourselves; that if we are worthy, no influence can defeat us.
11 The paintings have no intrinsic value except as curiosities.
12 No one can open mail except the person to whom it has been addressed.
13 A friend is a gift, whose worth cannot be measured except by heart.
14 The retired worker usually waters his garden every day except on rainy days.
15 Each person's genetic code is unique except in the case of identical twins.