IMPORTANT in a Sentence

Learn IMPORTANT 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.
420 example sentences for IMPORTANT, such as:
1. And in this position he took an important resolution.
2. It is important to cite examples to support your argument.
3. It is important to follow out the exact words of agreement.
4. It is always important to choose enjoyable, nutritious foods.
5. The phase of writing that is actually most important is revision.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of IMPORTANT
important
 a.  having authority or ascendancy or influence
 a.  having or suggesting a consciousness of high position
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I cannot come down now as I am tied up in some very important business and cannot get mixed up in this thing now.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
2  The important Tuesday came that was to introduce the two young ladies to this formidable mother-in-law.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34
3  And again, for anything I knew, the proffered information might have some important bearing on the flight itself.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
4  I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI
5  It appears to me highly important that Mr. Micawber should, from the hour of his embarkation, feel his position.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 57. THE EMIGRANTS
6  But there had been an important and joyful event: Pava, his best cow, an expensive beast, bought at a show, had calved.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 26
7  And what was most important, the interests of the regiment were involved in it too.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 5
8  But I am not speaking of myself; the most important persons in this matter are our son and yourself.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 9
9  And so for this first and most important division he must have four thousand roubles.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 19
10  But you and I have one important advantage over them for certain, in being more difficult to buy.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 21
11  And with his characteristic clearness, he summed up those new, very important, and interesting revelations.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 28
12  And in this position he took an important resolution.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 6
13  It was long since his own work on the estate had seemed to him so important as at that moment.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 6
14  And a conversation sprang up upon the university question, which was a very important event that winter in Moscow.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 3
15  But the same instant, going back to his mood, he felt with delight that something new and important had happened to him.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 14
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Setting off firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.
2  The phase of writing that is actually most important is revision.
3  The most important thing is not to admit defeat until you really have to.
4  It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
5  Eastern Europe was important to Russia as a buffer against the West.
6  Experts generally agree that diet has an important bearing on your general health.
7  It is important to follow out the exact words of agreement.
8  It is always important to choose enjoyable, nutritious foods.
9  The situation raises important questions about solidarity among member states of the UN.
10  It's important to apply research in a practical way and not leave it on the shelf.
11  Flexibility of approach is an important prerequisite to successful learning.
12  It is important to cite examples to support your argument.
13  The strength of reaction to the article is proof positive that this is a very important issue.
14  The family you came from isn't as important as the family you are going to have.
15  Mental attitude plays a far more important role in a person's success or failure than mental capacity.