INDEPENDENT in a Sentence
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192 example sentences for INDEPENDENT, such as:
1. They had strong, independent natures, both of them.
2. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence.
3. They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic.
4. A bloody civil war followed the proclamation of an independent state.
5. The crotch alluded to on a previous page deserves independent mention.
2. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence.
3. They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic.
4. A bloody civil war followed the proclamation of an independent state.
5. The crotch alluded to on a previous page deserves independent mention.
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Meanings and Examples of INDEPENDENT
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independent
n. a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
a. (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Classic Sentence: (115 in 8 pages)
1 She was beginning to have fits of angry rebellion against fate, when she longed to drop out of the race and make an independent life for herself.
2 It is not always easy to be quite independent and self-respecting when one is poor and lives among rich people; I have been careless about money, and have worried about my bills.
3 I can hardly be said to have an independent existence.
4 She felt that these independent citizens, who had been taught that they belonged to a democracy, would resent her trying to play Lady Bountiful.
5 She wished that she were independent enough to dine with these her guests.
6 She wasn't altogether pleased, the week after, when Erik was independent and, without asking for her inspiration, planned the tennis tournament.
7 But then, what to make of his unearthly complexion, that part of it, I mean, lying round about, and completely independent of the squares of tattooing.
8 But ere stepping into the cabin doorway below, he pauses, ships a new face altogether, and, then, independent, hilarious little Flask enters King Ahab's presence, in the character of Abjectus, or the Slave.
9 But fortunately the special point I here seek can be established upon testimony entirely independent of my own.
10 The crotch alluded to on a previous page deserves independent mention.
11 This done, the carpenter received orders to have the leg completed that night; and to provide all the fittings for it, independent of those pertaining to the distrusted one in use.
12 They had strong, independent natures, both of them.
13 But as she sat there amid her guests, she felt the old ennui overtaking her; the hopelessness which so often assailed her, which came upon her like an obsession, like something extraneous, independent of volition.
14 Marija was working for one of the independent packers, and was quite beside herself and outrageous with triumph over the sums of money she was making as a painter of cans.
15 And then, explained Schliemann, society would break up into independent, self-governing communities of mutually congenial persons; examples of which at present were clubs, churches, and political parties.
Example Sentence: (77 in 6 pages)
1 Our aim is to teach our son to become an independent, self-reliant adult.
2 Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.
3 Opposition MPs are calling for the establishment of an independent food and drugs agency.
4 It's almost inconceivable that a handicapped girl is very independent and lives all alone.
5 There are those who argue that true independent advice is unattainable.
6 It could renew calls for Attorney General Janet Reno to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged campaign wrongdoing.
7 This grammar book is suitable both for classroom use and for independent study.
8 He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.
9 As a woman of independent means, she spent most of her life in voluntary work.
10 The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story.
11 Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult, but in the meantime she relies on your support.
12 A bloody civil war followed the proclamation of an independent state.
13 An independent adviser has been brought in to conciliate between the two sides involved in the conflict.
14 They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic.
15 The government conceded the right to establish independent trade unions.