GIFT in a Sentence
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249 example sentences for GIFT, such as:
1. We all pitched to buy this gift.
2. Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
3. I don't want to accept the gift from him.
4. There's a little gift shop around the corner.
5. He had the gift of simple and moving expression.
2. Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
3. I don't want to accept the gift from him.
4. There's a little gift shop around the corner.
5. He had the gift of simple and moving expression.
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Meanings and Examples of GIFT
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gift
n. something acquired without compensation
n. natural abilities or qualities
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1 But, when Mrs. Wilkes, "a great lady and with a rare gift for silence," as Gerald characterized her, told her husband one evening, after Gerald's horse had pounded down the driveway.
2 Rhett, hearing of this from Melanie, brought in from England yards and yards of gleaming white satin and a lace veil and presented them to her as a wedding gift.
3 So Mrs. Merriwether invited him to dinner, feeling that this concession more than paid for the gift.
4 Never, never any expensive gift, even from your fiance.
5 And never any gift of jewelry or wearing apparel, not even gloves or handkerchiefs.
6 That coat for Ashley was a sore subject with Scarlett, for she wished so ardently that she and not Melanie were bestowing it as a Christmas gift.
7 In slave days, it was something they never tasted except at Christmas, when each one received a "drap" along with his gift.
8 She picked up from him the gift of stinging words and sardonic phrases and learned to relish using them for the power they gave her over other people.
9 He sought out Mrs. Elsing to make this donation and embarrassedly begged that she keep his gift a secret, knowing very well that this would spur her to spreading the news.
10 "I love him," she thought and, as always, she accepted the truth with little wonder, as a child accepting a gift.
11 It came vividly to Selden on the Casino steps that Monte Carlo had, more than any other place he knew, the gift of accommodating itself to each man's humour.
12 Well, hereafter I'll refuse your money, as a gift.
13 The first contained strong spirits, and was handed to Queequeg; the second was Aunt Charity's gift, and that was freely given to the waves.
14 He had the gift of simple and moving expression.
15 I believe that Gaston Cleric narrowly missed being a great poet, and I have sometimes thought that his bursts of imaginative talk were fatal to his poetic gift.
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1 Shaffer's great gift lies in his ability to animate ideas theatrically.
2 I've always been able to learn languages easily; it's a gift.
3 Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
4 Please accept this small gift as a token of our esteem.
5 I've received a gift from him, but I'm not going to accept it.
6 Please accept this gift as a small token of our appreciation.
7 I don't want to accept the gift from him.
8 As a token of our gratitude for all that you have done, we would like you to accept this small gift.
9 We all pitched to buy this gift.
10 Tears are mailed to me the gift green, address is not how happiness.
11 Shafer said the company is expected to announce a substantial gift next week.
12 There's a little gift shop around the corner.
13 To have a darling baby boy was the greatest gift I could imagine.
14 He pledged his gold watch to pay for her birthday gift.
15 A friend is a gift, whose worth cannot be measured except by heart.