HAVEN in a Sentence

Learn HAVEN 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.
298 example sentences for HAVEN, such as:
1. I haven't been running after him.
2. Now, Pitty, I haven't time to argue.
3. I haven't had a chance to unpack yet.
4. I haven't got anything to write with.
5. Because you have a son and I haven't.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HAVEN
haven
 n.  a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
 n.  a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But I haven't got the time now; I'm late as it is, he returned, holding his old silver turnip-watch to the candle.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  You know I haven't got the money to pay for a girl, Zeena.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  I haven't been running after him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  "You're not a rich man and you haven't a great family," said James.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Some, like Ellen, were members of old families who had found life intolerable in their former homes and sought haven in a distant land.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  They haven't any more spirit than a rabbit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  The thousands of immigrants who'd be glad to fight for the Yankees for food and a few dollars, the factories, the foundries, the shipyards, the iron and coal mines--all the things we haven't got.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  It is too, Melly, and if you weren't always so busy looking for the good in people that haven't got any good in them, you'd see it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  But, skies above, we haven't time to sit here talking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  All the girls who haven't already taken booths have more excuses than you could shake a stick at.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  Now, Pitty, I haven't time to argue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Because you have a son and I haven't.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
13  They haven't horns and hoofs, as you seem to think.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  She wanted Tara with the desperate desire of a frightened child frantic for the only haven it had ever known.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
15  There's just one road out of town which the Yankees haven't got yet and the army is retreating by that road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
1  I haven't been able to obtain that book.
2  I blush to admit that I haven't read it.
3  They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
4  I just happened to switch over although I haven'tbeen watching the Olympics.
5  There is another dimension you haven't mentioned.
6  During my lifetime I haven't got around to much travelling.
7  If you haven't heard by Friday, assume I'm not coming.
8  We haven't found the solution yet, but I'm sure we're on the right track.
9  The police still haven't found the murder weapon.
10  I haven't got anything to write with.
11  I haven't had a chance to unpack yet.
12  Go easy on/with the cream - I haven't had any yet.
13  The dustmen haven't collected the rubbish yet.
14  I'm surprised you haven't had enough of him yet.
15  We haven't decided on a date for the wedding yet.