FINISHED in a Sentence

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403 example sentences for FINISHED, such as:
1. The finished effect was absolutely stunning.
2. A third heart attack finally finished off the old man.
3. They finished the year six places above their local rivals.
4. Once it has finished , the video automatically begins again.
5. The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FINISHED
finished
 a.  ended or brought to an end
 a.  (of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When I looked at him he had finished reading the note, and his eyes had assumed the vacant, lack-lustre expression which showed mental abstraction.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  Having finished his scrutiny, he proceeded slowly down the path, or rather down the fringe of grass which flanked the path, keeping his eyes riveted upon the ground.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  The prayer finished, they resumed their seat in the shadow of the boulder until the child fell asleep, nestling upon the broad breast of her protector.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
4  When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade's pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5  In the end they finished the harvest in two days' less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
6  By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
7  When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
8  They had just finished singing it for the third time when Squealer, attended by two dogs, approached them with the air of having something important to say.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
9  In the autumn, by a tremendous, exhausting effort--for the harvest had to be gathered at almost the same time--the windmill was finished.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
10  And at the end, almost too weak to speak, he whispered in my ear that his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
11  The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished, so it was said, the dynamos would be installed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
12  He had finished his fish; he had eaten quickly, not to keep them waiting.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
13  The Knight had scarcely finished a hasty meal, ere his menial announced to him that five men, each leading a barbed steed, desired to speak with him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  He was the trembling excited sort of lover, whose crisis soon came, and was finished.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  The physical desire he did not satisfy in her; he was always come and finished so quickly, then shrinking down on her breast, and recovering somewhat his effrontery while she lay dazed, disappointed, lost.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
1  They finished the year six places above their local rivals.
2  The finished effect was absolutely stunning.
3  After weeks of frenetic activity, the job was finally finished.
4  The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
5  The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival.
6  I tried to argue but he countered that the plans were not yet finished.
7  After all the argument, the writer finished up with a contract.
8  Daniel finished the article and laid the newspaper down on his desk.
9  A third heart attack finally finished off the old man.
10  When the bush has finished flowering, cut back all the stems.
11  After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.
12  There would be a dive for the bar as soon as the show finished.
13  Under the terms of the contract the job should have been finished yesterday.
14  Once it has finished , the video automatically begins again.
15  It's a great weight off my mind to know that the building is finally finished.