FINISH in a Sentence
Learn FINISH 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.
403 example sentences for FINISH, such as:
1. I can easily finish it tonight.
2. He will finish his studies next year.
3. I have to finish the task ahead of time.
4. He could not finish, and ran out of the room.
5. The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.
2. He will finish his studies next year.
3. I have to finish the task ahead of time.
4. He could not finish, and ran out of the room.
5. The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of FINISH
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finish
n. designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
n. the act of finishing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "You are lying," said Nozdrev without even letting him finish.
2 "No; it will not be possible to finish the game," replied Chichikov, glancing out of the window.
3 "He is not at home," she replied, almost before her interlocutor had had time to finish.
4 Oh, gentlemen, do you know, perhaps I consider myself an intelligent man, only because all my life I have been able neither to begin nor to finish anything.
5 It was dark; though I tried my best I could not finish dressing quickly.
6 Two footmen, the princess' and his own, stood holding a shawl and a cloak, waiting for the conversation to finish.
7 He did not finish his sentence, but his tone showed how highly he thought of his friend and how much he expected of him in the future.
8 He spoke so rapidly that he did not finish half his words, but his son was accustomed to understand him.
9 He could not finish, and ran out of the room.
10 But the staff officer did not finish what he wanted to say.
11 but before Prince Andrew could finish, an aide-de-camp came in to summon Dolgorukov to the Emperor.
12 Prince Andrew went out of the room, and then, leaving "God's folk" to finish their tea, Princess Mary took Pierre into the drawing room.
13 He did not finish, but gave a painfully unnatural smile.
14 "Yet you do not care to avail yourself of the privilege, Prince," said Speranski, indicating by a smile that he wished to finish amiably an argument which was embarrassing for his companion.
15 Simon did not finish, for on the still air he had distinctly caught the music of the hunt with only two or three hounds giving tongue.
Example Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
1 If we all set to, we should be able to finish the job in a week.
2 It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
3 You can finish the longest road step by step.
4 I began the book six months ago, but I can't seem to finish it.
5 I have to finish the task ahead of time.
6 You'd better trot along and finish your work.
7 The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.
8 You can do anything on condition that you can finish the homework.
9 If you apply yourself to the job in hand, you'll soon finish it.
10 I can easily finish it tonight.
11 Polyurethane varnish provides a tough, scratch-resistant finish.
12 We'll finish off with a track from Adam's new album.
13 It's just not physically possible to finish all this by the end of the week.
14 He will finish his studies next year.
15 You'll finish up dead if you carry on drinking like that.