LOCATE in a Sentence

Learn LOCATE 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.
65 example sentences for LOCATE, such as:
1. The general tried to locate the enemy's site.
2. We couldn't locate the source of the radio signal.
3. Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.
4. They had difficulty in locating the sister, Catherine.
5. The machine can accurately locate radioactive material.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of LOCATE
locate
 v.  determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
 v.  discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
Classic Sentence:
1  And now the tiresome chirping of a cricket that no human ingenuity could locate, began.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  After making a careful examination of the place, it seemed to be just the location that we wanted in order to make our work effective and permanent.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
3  Nearly all the work of getting the new location ready for school purposes was done by the students after school was over in the afternoon.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
4  Nowhere, I think, could a more delightful location have been chosen for this unique educational experiment, which has attracted the attention and won the support even of conservative philanthropists in all sections of the country.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
5  The sharp gaze of Caderousse was instantly directed towards the priest's garments, as though hoping to discover the location of the treasure.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
6  My dear fellow, you produce upon me the effect of being located in the moon, the realm of dreams, the province of illusions, capital, soap-bubble.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—THE BEGINNING OF SHADOW
7  In the meantime, they remedy this defect as best they may; they manage to discover where the holes are located in the vent of a cannon, by means of a searcher.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE SITUATION BECOMES AGGRAVATED
8  From the first, I resolved to make the school a real part of the community in which it was located.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
9  But the throng had surged in all ways, until he lost directions and locations, save that he knew where lay the enemy.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
10  We tried several locations before we opened up a pit that furnished brick clay.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X.
11  They had difficulty in locating the sister, Catherine.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  Matter of fact, I suspect they were largely responsible for his locating here.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  Divers were sent down to try and locate the wreck.
2  Try to locate exactly where the smells are entering the room.
3  The general tried to locate the enemy's site.
4  The machine can accurately locate radioactive material.
5  The scientists want to locate the position of the gene on a chromosome.
6  We couldn't locate the source of the radio signal.
7  Engineers are endeavouring to locate the source of the problem.
8  But the content is very difficult to locate, and often in obsolete video formats.
9  It will also develop techniques to locate and tap underground water reservoirs.
10  Fargo-Moorhead area officials already have decided that a diversion is the best option but are debating the size and location of the channel.
11  Stores a set of four integers that represent the location and size of a rectangle.
12  Here's the study's technical explanation of why the location of the western ridge is so important for determining regional rainfall.
13  The Haddan School was built in 1858 on the sloping banks of the Haddan River, a muddy location that had proven disastrous from the start.
14  Spatial interaction is a dynamic flow process from one location to another.
15  And for a play about murder, treachery, betrayal, death, violence, and justice, this is not a bad location to summon those ancient spirits.