MEAN in a Sentence
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408 example sentences for MEAN, such as:
1. I can't understand what you mean.
2. You mean men you can always bully.
3. Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
4. Great bulk does not always mean great weight.
5. I mean, it's a scout troop from a local school.
2. You mean men you can always bully.
3. Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
4. Great bulk does not always mean great weight.
5. I mean, it's a scout troop from a local school.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MEAN
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mean
a. characterized by malice
n. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Hitherto Ethan Frome had been content to think him a mean fellow; but now he positively invited a horse-whipping.
2 "Well, when she gets married, I mean," his wife's drawl came from behind him.
3 But Mrs. Hale had said, "You've had an awful mean time, Ethan Frome," and he felt less alone with his misery.
4 Ah doan mean round home but w'en you is out in comp'ny.
5 "Of course, it will mean fighting," said Charles, after several more embarrassed attempts.
6 I don't mean the little boys and the old gentlemen.
7 Again he had made a graceful remark, the kind of compliment any gentleman would pay under such circumstances, but he did not mean a word of it.
8 You mean men you can always bully.
9 There might be Yankees or mean niggers at Twelve Oaks.
10 Suellen looked with weak loathing at her older sister, feeling sure Scarlett said these things just to be mean.
11 "If you mean did they rape me, no," said Scarlett, groaning as she tried to sit up.
12 "Oh, I didn't mean it that way, darling," cried Melanie, flushing with distress.
13 When such thoughts came she did not pray hastily to God, telling Him she did not mean it.
14 But Ashley seemed to mean them and there was a look in his eyes which eluded her--not fear, not apology, but the bracing to a strain which was inevitable and overwhelming.
15 Forever, thunder would mean cannon and war to her.
Example Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1 Promotion will mean that I'm immediately above him in rank.
2 Becoming an adult and setting up a household no longer mean the same thing.
3 Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.
4 I am not averse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work.
5 American people use "fall" to mean autumn.
6 Educaton does not mean teaching people to kow what they do not know ; it means teachng them to behave as they do not behave.
7 Just because someone doesn't love you as you wish, it doesn't mean you're not loved with all his/her being.
8 I mean, it's a scout troop from a local school.
9 I can't understand what you mean.
10 She was no mean performer on a variety of other instruments.
11 Anything that will mean a better deal for our children gets my vote.
12 Real peace doesn't mean absence of war.
13 Great bulk does not always mean great weight.
14 Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.
15 I always say yes and mean no that you think that I was strong.