FIND in a Sentence

Learn FIND 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.
420 example sentences for FIND, such as:
1. I find him amenable to argument.
2. I find your attitude most offensive.
3. Morning would break and find him there.
4. I find his attitude highly distasteful.
5. I find your attitude quite incomprehensible.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of FIND
find
 v.  get something or somebody for a specific purpose
 v.  make a discovery, make a new finding
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
2  During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blamable.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  But I journey towards England, and I may there find consolation.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  Light, feeling, and sense will pass away; and in this condition must I find my happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  She couldn't find him from the top of the steps, and he wasn't on the veranda.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  Half an hour later Daisy herself telephoned and seemed relieved to find that I was coming.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  I disliked him so much by this time that I didn't find it necessary to tell him he was wrong.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  In truth, he was startled, if not shocked, to find this attribute in the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
11  Morning would break and find him there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
12  You will find a happy, cheerful home and friends who love you dearly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
13  Marianne was rejoiced to find her sister so easily pleased.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
14  Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
15  You shall find me as stubborn as you can be artful.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Search the index to find the address of the data file.
2  Within you i lose myself,without you i find myself wanting to be lost again.
3  She needs to find more friends of her own age.
4  You can find out more details of the offer from your local travel agent.
5  Adding these figures up we can find the answer.
6  We sought an answer to the question, but couldn't find one.
7  I find it absolutely astonishing that you didn't like it.
8  I find him amenable to argument.
9  I find your attitude most offensive.
10  I find your attitude towards these women quite repugnant.
11  I find your attitude quite incomprehensible.
12  I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
13  I find his attitude highly distasteful.
14  He who has a mind to beat his dog will easily find a stick.
15  You find yourself worshipped by the self-same people who beat you up at school.