EXTINGUISH in a Sentence
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98 example sentences for EXTINGUISH, such as:
1. These gangsters have been extinguished by the police.
2. He would extinguish the sun if the sun incommoded him.
3. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
4. Her life was finally extinguished by the onset of liver complaint.
5. In that hour I should die and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice.
2. He would extinguish the sun if the sun incommoded him.
3. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
4. Her life was finally extinguished by the onset of liver complaint.
5. In that hour I should die and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice.
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Meanings and Examples of EXTINGUISH
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extinguish
v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
v. put an end to; kill
Classic Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1 Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish.
2 When I thought of him I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed.
3 In that hour I should die and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice.
4 Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death.
5 It is a point of fire that exists within us, which is immortal and infinite, which nothing can confine, and which nothing can extinguish.
6 In France, there is no wrath, not even of a public character, which six months will not extinguish.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
7 He would extinguish the sun if the sun incommoded him.
8 That night a memorable event occurred, due, no doubt, to the imprudence of some servant who had neglected to extinguish the lights.
9 Franz replied that he had left him at the moment they were about to extinguish the moccoli, and that he had lost sight of him in the Via Macello.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
Context Highlight In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
10 Gramercy for the few drops of thy sprinkling," replied De Bracy; "but this damsel hath wept enough to extinguish a beacon-light.
11 They are fast rising at least," said Ulrica, with frightful composure; "and a signal shall soon wave to warn the besiegers to press hard upon those who would extinguish them.
12 I hasped the window; I combed his black long hair from his forehead; I tried to close his eyes: to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, life-like gaze of exultation before any one else beheld it.
13 A moment later he extinguished his light; it embarrassed him.
14 Nevertheless, he deluded himself at first; he had a feeling of security and of solitude; the bolt once drawn, he thought himself impregnable; the candle extinguished, he felt himself invisible.
15 They seemed almost extinguished at intervals, then lighted up again and shone like stars.
Example Sentence:
1 Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
2 As a Scout, Marisa learned how to light a fire, how to stoke it if it started to die down, and how to extinguish it completely.
3 These gangsters have been extinguished by the police.
4 The marble basin was removed; in its place, stood a deal table and a kitchen chair: these objects were visible by a very dim light proceeding from a horn lantern, the wax candles being all extinguished.
5 Through the total fading away and extinction of craving, decay and death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, grief, and despair are extinguished.
6 Her life was finally extinguished by the onset of liver complaint.
7 It's highly flammable, which is why firefighters had to finish extinguishing hotspots before investigators could get to the dead men inside.