INTEREST in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for INTEREST, such as:
1. The interest accrued to our account.
2. The area is of great botanical interest.
3. I have really a very great interest in poor Hyde.
4. Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.
5. Napoleon took no interest in Snowball's committees.
2. The area is of great botanical interest.
3. I have really a very great interest in poor Hyde.
4. Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.
5. Napoleon took no interest in Snowball's committees.
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Meanings and Examples of INTEREST
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interest
n. the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
n. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 As the weeks went by, my interest in him and my curiosity as to his aims in life, gradually deepened and increased.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others.
3 Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest.
4 Napoleon took no interest in Snowball's committees.
5 I have really a very great interest in poor Hyde.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
6 Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7 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.
8 Bounderby, this is a case for rigid training, and I shall observe it with interest.
9 Here Tom came lounging in, and stared at the two with a coolness not particularly savouring of interest in anything but himself, and not much of that at present.
10 With a large allowance for difference of tastes, and with all submission to the patricians of Coketown, this seemed so extraordinary a source of interest to take so much trouble about, that it perplexed him.
11 Her brother glanced at her face with greater interest than usual, and, encircling her waist with his arm, drew her coaxingly to him.
12 The old woman was so decent and contented, and made so light of her infirmities, though they had increased upon her since her former interview with Stephen, that they both took an interest in her.
13 Her colour brightened, and she turned to him with a look of interest.
14 Confiding in you at all, on the faith of the interest you profess for him, I will not do so by halves.
15 I remember that Miss Gradgrind takes no interest in the game.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The interest accrued to our account.
2 The latest increase in interest rates has damped down activity in the housing market.
3 The administration has no vested interest in proving whether public schools were good or bad.
4 His music reflects his interest in African culture.
5 A simple mathematical formula has been devised to allow you to calculate the interest due.
6 Food, like sex, is a subject of almost universal interest.
7 The Consumer Federation claims banks are ripping you off by not passing along savings on interest rates.
8 If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
9 My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
10 Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.
11 The area is of great botanical interest.
12 Her interest in art was stimulated by her father.
13 Appreciation of works of art is bound to be dominated by a particular kind of interest.
14 I think we can safely assume that interest rates will go up again soon.
15 Rising interest rates were an outward indication of the change in government attitude to economic controls.