KEY in a Sentence
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367 example sentences for KEY, such as:
1. The used key is always bright.
2. A golden key can open any door.
3. She opened the hut with her key.
4. The wife is the key of the house.
5. She groped for her key in her bag.
2. A golden key can open any door.
3. She opened the hut with her key.
4. The wife is the key of the house.
5. She groped for her key in her bag.
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Meanings and Examples of KEY
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key
n. a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
v. harmonize with or adjust to
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It chanced that some days before a gentleman who had been engaged in looking over some houses in the Brixton Road had dropped the key of one of them in my carriage.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
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2 Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal.
3 The fellow had a key; and what's more, he has it still.
4 But he made straight for the door, crossing the roadway to save time; and as he came, he drew a key from his pocket like one approaching home.
5 "You will not find Dr. Jekyll; he is from home," replied Mr. Hyde, blowing in the key.
6 It was locked; and lying near by on the flags, they found the key, already stained with rust.
7 He left his cell at the head of the party, and, having carefully locked the door, deposited the key under the threshold.
8 So saying, she left the apartment; and Front-de-Boeuf could hear the crash of the ponderous key, as she locked and double-locked the door behind her, thus cutting off the most slender chance of escape.
9 Then he hitched up his jacket, and put his hand in his breeches pocket, taking out the key of the hut.
10 'So if yer want t' key, yer'd better tacit.
11 'I didn't want your key,' she said.
12 She opened the hut with her key.
13 They could not get through; and as Miss Bertram's inclination for so doing did by no means lessen, it ended in Mr. Rushworth's declaring outright that he would go and fetch the key.
14 But, Julia, Mr. Rushworth will be here in a moment with the key.
15 A key was mislaid, Betsey accused of having got at his new hat, and some slight, but essential alteration of his uniform waistcoat, which he had been promised to have done for him, entirely neglected.
Example Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
1 The key to a happy life is to accept you are never actually in control.
2 It is helpful if we address a few key questions here.
3 Idleness is the key of beggary, and the root of all evil.
4 The used key is always bright.
5 A golden key can open any door.
6 What he has tried to expound in this article bears on a key problem in our economic reform.
7 She groped for her key in her bag.
8 Too much force will twist the key.
9 Transport has always been the key to developing trade.
10 Teamwork is a key feature of the training programme.
11 Two key witnesses at her trial committed perjury.
12 This key toggles various views of the data.
13 There is one key difference with the earlier version of the software.
14 Enriched uranium is a key component of a nuclear weapon.
15 The wife is the key of the house.