EXCESS in a Sentence

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177 example sentences for EXCESS, such as:
1. You will have to pay for the excess.
2. The drug can be harmful if taken in excess.
3. In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
4. The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
5. The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EXCESS
excess
 n.  the state of being more than full
 n.  a quantity much larger than is needed
Classic Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
1  It was not joy only that possessed me; I felt my flesh tingle with excess of sensitiveness, and my pulse beat rapidly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  But this was a luxury of sensation that could not endure; I became fatigued with excess of bodily exertion and sank on the damp grass in the sick impotence of despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  This passion is detrimental to me, for you do not reflect that YOU are the cause of its excess.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
5  But the overflowing misery I now felt, and the excess of agitation that I endured rendered me incapable of any exertion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
6  I had cast off all feeling, subdued all anguish, to riot in the excess of my despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  Elinor saw, with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and cherished.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
8  By their uncertain light she thought she could discern it to be drawn by four horses; and this, while it told the excess of her poor mother's alarm, gave some explanation to such unexpected rapidity.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43
9  I had been doing this, in an excess of attention to his recital.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
10  That we, the neophytes, might have an excess of light shining upon us all at once, orders were given to let out Twenty Eight.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
11  By gymnastics and careful attention to his health he had brought himself to such a point that in spite of his excess in pleasure he looked as fresh as a big glossy green Dutch cucumber.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 1
12  The point which we consider it our duty to note is, that outside of and beyond his faith, as it were, the Bishop possessed an excess of love.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
13  Whether there had not been an excess of weights in one balance of the scale, in the one which contains expiation.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
14  I repeat, brothers, I repeat, no zeal, no hubbub, no excess; even in witticisms, gayety, jollities, or plays on words.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
15  You are fond of apple turnovers, ladies; do not indulge in them to excess.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  Another complication was the excess of imports over exports.
2  I kind of redundant, will be redundant to become your excess.
3  An excess of fat in one's diet can lead to heart disease.
4  The drug can be harmful if taken in excess.
5  The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.
6  I rolled my eyes upward to indicate distaste at this telephonic excess.
7  In an excess of enthusiasm I agreed to work late.
8  The good thing about these younger players is that they are not carrying any excess baggage from less successful times.
9  You'll have to pay excess postal charges on this letter.
10  Drinking is OK as long as you don't do it to excess.
11  You will have to pay for the excess.
12  Anecdotes of legal excess reflect the world we see around us and add a human dimension to an otherwise arcane issue.
13  The clinical symptoms of magnesium excess or deficiency can be demonstrated to relate to this dependence.
14  Remove the turkey from the pan and drain off the excess fat.
15  The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.