KNITTING in a Sentence
Learn KNITTING 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.
120 example sentences for KNITTING, such as:
1. She could knit up a baby's coat in an afternoon.
2. Estella was knitting, and Miss Havisham was looking on.
3. Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
4. Mrs. Heep, with a prodigious sniff, resumed her knitting.
5. The action of her fingers was like the action of knitting.
2. Estella was knitting, and Miss Havisham was looking on.
3. Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
4. Mrs. Heep, with a prodigious sniff, resumed her knitting.
5. The action of her fingers was like the action of knitting.
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Meanings and Examples of KNITTING
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knitting
n. creating knitted wear
n. needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine
Classic Sentence: (114 in 8 pages)
1 Estella was knitting, and Miss Havisham was looking on.
2 The action of her fingers was like the action of knitting.
3 Mrs. Peggotty with the white apron, was knitting on the opposite side of the fire.
4 Accordingly, when Mr. Peggotty came home about nine o'clock, this unfortunate Mrs. Gummidge was knitting in her corner, in a very wretched and miserable condition.
5 We all said something, or looked something, to welcome him, except Mrs. Gummidge, who only shook her head over her knitting.
6 Mrs. Heep, with a prodigious sniff, resumed her knitting.
7 In the drawing-room, there was the mother knitting and watching again.
8 Next day the knitting and watching began again, and lasted all day.
9 Somebody broke down in a piece of knitting, and no one but Sophy was able to put the defaulter in the right direction.
10 "As you see," responded Vronsky, knitting his brows, wiping his mouth, and not looking at the officer.
11 She was sitting up in bed, holding some knitting, which she had been busy upon during the last few days.
12 And Levin saw with astonishment that she had taken up the knitting she had brought in in the night and begun working at it again.
13 Kitty was walking about knitting rapidly and giving directions.
14 The ladies were making uniforms, knitting socks and rolling bandages, and the men were drilling and shooting.
15 Only the older men, the cripples and the women were left, and they spent their time knitting and sewing, growing more cotton and corn, raising more hogs and sheep and cows for the army.
Example Sentence:
1 The summer air, the restful quiet, and the drowsing murmur of the bees had had their effect, and she was nodding over her knitting -- for she had no company but the cat, and it was asleep in her lap.
2 Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
3 She knitted a pair of mittens for me with her nimble fingers.
4 She could knit up a baby's coat in an afternoon.
5 In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow.
6 When he broke his leg, he sat around the house all day waiting for the bones to knit.