LEAD in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for LEAD, such as:
1. She was going to lead the reel.
2. Defeat lay on her spirit like lead.
3. He now has an almost unbeatable lead over his rivals.
4. The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation.
5. After jockeying for position,the favourite has now taken the lead.
2. Defeat lay on her spirit like lead.
3. He now has an almost unbeatable lead over his rivals.
4. The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation.
5. After jockeying for position,the favourite has now taken the lead.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LEAD
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lead
n. the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
n. thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "If there's going to be any trouble I want to be there," was his vague reflection, as he threw to Jotham the unexpected order to unhitch the team and lead them back to the barn.
2 She began to cry, and he felt as if every one of her tears were pouring over him like burning lead.
3 It was long past the dinner-hour when the job was done, and Ethan had to give up going to the village because he wanted to lead the injured horse home and wash the cut himself.
4 The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about him, and then gradually lead the conversation around to yourself-- and keep it there.
5 I know the gentle rivalry to lead the reels very well and so-- The doctor mopped his brow and cast a quizzical glance at the corner, where his wife sat among the chaperons.
6 Gentlemen, if you wish to lead a reel with the lady of your choice, you must bargain for her.
7 If only she were Scarlett O'Hara again, out there on the floor in an apple-green dress with dark-green velvet ribbons dangling from her bosom and tuberoses in her black hair--she'd lead that reel.
8 She was going to lead the reel.
9 She would lead him a chase that would make up for even that awful humiliation of the day he witnessed her slapping Ashley.
10 Defeat lay on her spirit like lead.
11 These youngsters, following the lead of Rhett Butler, went hand in hand with the Carpetbaggers in money-making schemes of unsavory kinds.
12 She did not want to tell, this was not the way she had intended to lead up to the subject of her love but his hand was urgent.
13 That's not my way, and I can only say I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself for following the other women's lead.
14 As he spoke, he was checked by an embarrassing sense of the complications to which this might lead.
15 He kept the loading-tools he had used as a boy: a capper for shot-gun shells, a mold for lead bullets.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Inequalities of income would lead to even greater inequalities in access to health care.
2 The union failed to heed warnings that strike action would lead to the closure of the factory.
3 Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.
4 After jockeying for position,the favourite has now taken the lead.
5 The existence of more than one agency with power to intervene can lead to children falling through the net.
6 He now has an almost unbeatable lead over his rivals.
7 Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
8 If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal.
9 You can ask the students some questions to lead them to make a careful analysis of the style of the writer.
10 Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.
11 Some jurors even embraced the residents and congratulated lead plaintiffs' attorney George Chandler after the proceedings.
12 It would change the military strategies of the former Warsaw Pact countries and lead to troop reductions.
13 There are recognised black spots in marriages which can lead to trouble.
14 He's the chief trouble - maker; the others just follow his lead.
15 The allegations, if true, could lead to her resignation.