INSTRUMENT in a Sentence

Learn INSTRUMENT 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.
149 example sentences for INSTRUMENT, such as:
1. I can't sing without the instrument.
2. The stethoscope is a medical instrument.
3. Please handle this precision instrument carefully.
4. An instrument used to measure tactile sensitivity.
5. The score was written to be played on a keyboard instrument.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of INSTRUMENT
instrument
 v.  write an instrumental score for
 v.  address a legal document to
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1  I can't sing without the instrument.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
2  The lawyer took that rude but weighty instrument into his hand, and balanced it.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
3  He can turn back the captivity of Judah, even by the weakest instrument.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  Edmund spoke of the harp as his favourite instrument, and hoped to be soon allowed to hear her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  She had left the instrument on the dancing being over, and he had sat down to try to make out an air which he wished to give the Miss Musgroves an idea of.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
7  The telescope, a formidable instrument mounted upon a tripod, stood upon the flat leads of the house.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
8  His head had been shattered by a savage blow from some heavy weapon, and he was wounded on the thigh, where there was a long, clean cut, inflicted evidently by some very sharp instrument.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
9  They have been cut off with a blunt instrument, which would hardly happen if a student had done it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
10  The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
11  At last he flung down the instrument, and plunged into a detailed account of his misadventures.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
12  The instrument with which the injury had been inflicted lay upon the carpet beside him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13  I associated that instrument with the single weakness of his nature, and I feared the worst when I saw it glittering in his hand.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
14  It is not upon this occasion the instrument of evil, but it will rather prove to be the key which will unlock our mystery.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
15  When I was otherwise quite restored to health, the sight of a chemical instrument would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  According to the police, his attackers beat him with a blunt instrument.
2  The victim suffered a blow to the head from a blunt instrument.
3  Interest rates are an important instrument of economic policy.
4  The autopsy revealed that the deceased had been hit with a blunt instrument.
5  Ideally we need a small instrument worn like a wristwatch which would indicate the loudness of background noise.
6  An instrument used to measure tactile sensitivity.
7  The stethoscope is a medical instrument.
8  Please handle this precision instrument carefully.
9  There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
10  The instrument can gauge a distance with the push of a button.
11  The mini-exams in English, science, and maths are a blunt instrument which will reveal little about children's abilities.
12  The blunt instrument obstinately refused to reveal itself and he doubted if there were any more revelations to be got out of anybody.
13  The score was written to be played on a keyboard instrument.
14  It's a musical instrument made of brass, somewhat like a cornet and with a similar compass.
15  Some cynics say that sport is a mere instrument of capitalist domination.