FENCE in a Sentence

Learn FENCE 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.
223 example sentences for FENCE, such as:
1. He wormed his way under the fence.
2. A cat was walking along the top of the fence.
3. My friend threw the ball back over the fence.
4. A white fence picketed the yard on three sides.
5. He must have jumped the fence right over there.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of FENCE
fence
 v.  receive stolen goods
 v.  surround with a wall in order to fortify
Classic Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1  They turned in at the gate and passed under the shaded knoll where, enclosed in a low fence, the Frome grave-stones slanted at crazy angles through the snow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He drew the sled up to the Varnum gate and rested it against the fence.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  He backed his big red horse and then, putting spurs to his side, lifted him easily over the split rail fence into the soft field of Gerald O'Hara's plantation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Across the road, in the pasture, the horses, mules and cows stood quietly with heads over the split-rail fence, waiting to be driven to the stables and supper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The big horse reached the fence, gathered himself and soared over as effortlessly as a bird, his rider yelling enthusiastically, his crop beating the air, his white curls jerking out behind him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  The neat wooden-paneled fence had been newly painted white and the front yard it inclosed was yellow starred with the last jonquils of the season.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  Your mother agreed, providing he was able to jump the pasture fence, for, she said, there would be a lot of rough riding to be done in the army.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  The split-rail fence around the kitchen garden had been demolished and the once orderly rows of green plants had suffered the same treatment as those at Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  They leaned over the fence rail to shake hands with Scarlett when she called and they laughed at her rickety wagon, their black eyes bitter, for they were laughing at themselves as well as her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  "I swear I don't know what to do with myself now that my darlings are gone," said Mrs. Tarleton, climbing down from the fence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
11  Someone had to nurse him and that meant one less worker at the business of fence building, hoeing, weeding and plowing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
12  When he suddenly released her she felt that she could not stand alone and gripped the fence for support.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  He leaned over her with a sudden savagery which made her shrink back against the fence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
14  He must have jumped the fence right over there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  It had a high mansard roof with a picket fence on top and a tower made of fancy shingles at each end.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
2  A cat was walking along the top of the fence.
3  The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
4  Prisoners were forbidden to approach the fence under pain of death.
5  The stakes are pushed or hammered into the ground and can be used for marking an area, supporting a plant or forming part of a fence.
6  My friend threw the ball back over the fence.
7  The ball skipped off Bonds' glove and bounced toward the fence.
8  He wormed his way under the fence.
9  A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.
10  A white fence picketed the yard on three sides.
11  There was a cottage garden at the front and a white picket fence.
12  Every tree, wall and fence stood out against dazzling white fields.
13  He repaired the fence he had broken and made his peace with the neighbor on whose property it stood.
14  You can't sit on the fence any longer - you have decide whose side you're on.
15  The gap in the fence was just wide enough for the sheep to get through.