INSTRUCTIVE in a Sentence

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244 example sentences for INSTRUCTIVE, such as:
1. The latter is always instructive.
2. But the maiden herself was most instructive.
3. They had received instructions to watch him.
4. Mr Howarth gave us very specific instructions.
5. The coach bellowed instructions from the sidelines.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of INSTRUCTIVE
instructive
 a.  serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
Classic Sentence: (186 in 13 pages)
1  If I have acquired an interest in hearing of your instructive experiences, and can scarcely hear enough of them, I claim no merit for that, since I believe it is a general sentiment.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
2  I was always saying: go to a good instructive film, but do for goodness sake keep away from these melodramas and love films.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
3  But the maiden herself was most instructive.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
4  The latter is always instructive.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
5  Simple as the case is, there have been one or two very instructive details in connection with it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
6  "This is most interesting and instructive," said he.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
7  "A simple case, and yet, in some ways, an instructive one," Holmes remarked, as we travelled back to town.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
8  Your fatal habit of looking at everything from the point of view of a story instead of as a scientific exercise has ruined what might have been an instructive and even classical series of demonstrations.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
9  "Eavesdroppers often hear highly entertaining and instructive things," he grinned.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  "Eavesdroppers often hear highly instructive things," jibed a memory.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  He had not yet spoken, and something consolatory and instructive was expected from so renowned a chief on an occasion of such interest.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
12  "I suppose you consider this an instructive practice for him," said Augustine, drily.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  Yes, yes,' began Bazarov; 'it's a lesson to you, my young friend, an instructive example.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  The Battle of Borodino, with the occupation of Moscow that followed it and the flight of the French without further conflicts, is one of the most instructive phenomena in history.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I
15  You need only forget to ask how the will of heroes produces events, and such histories as Thiers' will be interesting and instructive and may perhaps even possess a tinge of poetry.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  You get 30 chapters with instructive illustrations, including an easy-to-follow, step-by-step, six-week basic training program.
2  Install the machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
3  They had received instructions to watch him.
4  He left strict instructions that the box should only be opened after his death.
5  The coach bellowed instructions from the sidelines.
6  We have followed your instructions through to the last detail.
7  The doctor's instructions must be fulfilled exactly.
8  It is important to follow the manufacturer's instructions.
9  The original orders were cancelled and I was given fresh instructions.
10  It is a good divine that follows his own instructions.
11  The kidnappers have given us explicit instructions not to involve the police.
12  I took issue with him over his interpretation of the instructions.
13  Listen carefully to the instructions and jot them down.
14  Mr Howarth gave us very specific instructions.
15  Mrs Edwards gave instructions that she was not to be disturbed.