IMPORT in a Sentence
Learn IMPORT 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.
305 example sentences for IMPORT, such as:
1. We import a large number of cars from Japan.
2. Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
3. A restricted import quota was set for meat products.
4. The country has to import most of its raw materials.
5. Rising import prices tend to feed back into domestic prices.
2. Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
3. A restricted import quota was set for meat products.
4. The country has to import most of its raw materials.
5. Rising import prices tend to feed back into domestic prices.
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Meanings and Examples of IMPORT
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import
n. commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
v. bring in from abroad
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Ethan knew the word for one of exceptional import.
2 Scarlett had rejoined Maybelle and Mrs. Meade before the import of his last words broke upon her.
3 Scarlett hardly heard his words, certainly their full import went over her head.
4 At first she did not grasp the full import of the situation.
5 A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul.
6 The elder Mohican heard with deep gravity, and appeared to ponder on his words, as though he felt the importance of their import.
7 In a very few moments he returned, his face reddened with vexation, while he muttered his disappointment in words of no very gentle import.
8 The youth felt instant panic at this question, although at first its full import was not borne in upon him.
9 The tyrant observed the whisper, and conjectured its import, though he could not hear what was said; and he inwardly strengthened himself in his determination to keep the power he possessed over his victim.
10 The two men-at-arms, with whom Albert Malvoisin had not failed to communicate upon the import of their testimony, were now called forward.
11 The listener's proverbial fate was not absolutely hers; she had heard no evil of herself, but she had heard a great deal of very painful import.
12 And yet there were indications there, had they not been overlaid by other details which concealed their true import.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
13 For a moment I was staggered, though the import of his gesture was plain enough.
14 At first I was puzzled by all these strange fruits, and by the strange flowers I saw, but later I began to perceive their import.
15 Putting things together, I reached a strong suggestion of an extensive system of subterranean ventilation, whose true import it was difficult to imagine.
Example Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1 The country has to import most of its raw materials.
2 The current trade deficit indicates a serious imbalance between our import and export trade.
3 I need to import data from the database into my word processor.
4 We import raw materials and energy and export mainly in-dustrial products.
5 Germany, however, insists on restrictions on the import of Polish coal.
6 We import a large number of cars from Japan.
7 Farmers mobilized considerable support against government plans to remove import restrictions.
8 A restricted import quota was set for meat products.
9 It is difficult to understand the full import of this statement.
10 Rising import prices tend to feed back into domestic prices.
11 Despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters, Nigeria refines only a very small proportion of even its own fuel needs, and has to import the rest - a severe and unnecessary drain on resources.
12 He said failure to approve the pact would have led to a forced opening and the import of much more rice.
13 He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him.
14 Mr Bush did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act.
15 These relationships assume great importance in times of crisis.