FAIRNESS in a Sentence

Learn FAIRNESS 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.
352 example sentences for FAIRNESS, such as:
1. All is fair in love and war.
2. He did not receive a fair trial.
3. A trial must be fair and impartial.
4. But our fair Southland needs every man.
5. Americans have an innate sense of fairness.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FAIRNESS
fairness
 n.  conformity with rules or standards
 n.  the quality of being good looking and attractive
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  No, of course it was not fair, but then fairness had nothing to do with it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  Justice, too, obliges the author to state that the fairness of mind and generosity attributed to St. Clare are not without a parallel, as the following anecdote will show.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
3  He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  For every sin that he committed, a stain would fleck and wreck its fairness.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
5  They had a little girl with fair curls, who wore a gold locket and was dressed like a princess.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
6  To her, there was never but one fair side to an argument.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  She did not want to be fair, although she knew what he said was true.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  Oh, it wasn't fair that she should have a dead husband and a baby yelling in the next room and be out of everything that was pleasant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  Oh, it wasn't fair that she should have to sit here primly and be the acme of widowed dignity and propriety when she was only seventeen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  It wasn't fair that she must keep her voice low and her eyes cast modestly down, when men, attractive ones, too, came to their booth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  But our fair Southland needs every man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  The day came when his pale blue eyes, perfectly cognizant of his surroundings, fell upon Carreen sitting beside him, telling her rosary beads, the morning sun shining through her fair hair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
13  And we cleared a fair crop this last fall, twenty bales.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  It wasn't fair that a reprobate like Rhett Butler should have so much and she, who carried so heavy a load, should have so little.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  I shouldn't have expected either truth or honor or fair dealing from you, knowing you as I do.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
1  Americans have an innate sense of fairness.
2  She has a strong sense of justice and fairness.
3  It's only fair to add that they were not told about the problem until the last minute.
4  All is fair in love and war.
5  It's only fair to let her know that you intend to apply.
6  It's a well-rounded article which is fair to both sides of the dispute.
7  An attorney representing a client before a court helps to make the trial fair, but the attorney is not neutral.
8  A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down.
9  The exhibitors at the trade fair passed out free samples to stimulate interest.
10  It's not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment.
11  That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.
12  He did not receive a fair trial.
13  The men claim they did not receive a fair trial.
14  A trial must be fair and impartial.
15  The enormous publicity surrounding the case will make it very difficult to hold a fair trial.