MEASURE in a Sentence
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406 example sentences for MEASURE, such as:
1. Feed by measure and defy physician.
2. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
3. Then she passed the tape measure about her waist.
4. Religious minorities were allowed a wide measure of toleration.
5. The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
2. Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
3. Then she passed the tape measure about her waist.
4. Religious minorities were allowed a wide measure of toleration.
5. The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MEASURE
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measure
n. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
n. the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But the old horse was there alone, mumbling his crib with toothless jaws, and Ethan whistled cheerfully while he bedded down the grays and shook an extra measure of oats into their mangers.
2 Yet the serene half-light over Tara's well-kept acres brought a measure of quiet to her disturbed mind.
3 The hot nights brought a measure of quiet but it was a sinister quiet.
4 When she had finished it, a measure of strength came back to her and with the strength came again the pricking of fear.
5 Prissy had recovered her breath and a small measure of control but her eyes still rolled.
6 Everything was fresh and dewy and silent and green and the sight of the cotton fields brought a measure of balm and comfort to her sore heart.
7 A measure of calm had returned and with it all the natural bluntness which brandy brought to the surface.
8 Still the words would not come, but, a measure of poise returning, she kept her eyes demurely down and tucked the corners of her mouth into a little smile.
9 Then she passed the tape measure about her waist.
10 The name, as Gerty saw with a clutch at the heart, had loosened the springs of self-pity in her friend's dry breast, and tear by tear Lily poured out the measure of her anguish.
11 Selden had in fact given her the utmost measure of his sureness, had even stretched it a shade to meet the anxiety in her eyes.
12 She paused a moment, glancing about her, calmly taking the measure of her situation.
13 She paused again to measure the effect of this announcement on her hearer, but the brush in Miss Bart's lifted hand maintained its unwavering stroke from brow to nape.
14 Society did not turn away from her, it simply drifted by, preoccupied and inattentive, letting her feel, to the full measure of her humbled pride, how completely she had been the creature of its favour.
15 The unusual harshness of his tone might have shown her how much the words cost him; but she was in no state to measure his feelings while her own were in a flame of revolt.
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1 The monkeys have electrodes implanted into the brain to measure their brain activity.
2 The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
3 He was not afraid to measure himself against a much more dangerous animal.
4 Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
5 We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.
6 It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation.
7 A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine or a single measure of spirits.
8 One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer or a standard measure of spirits.
9 There has been concern in/throughout the West about the effects of this measure.
10 Religious minorities were allowed a wide measure of toleration.
11 The measure of a man's real character is what he would do ifhe knew he would never be found out.
12 Feed by measure and defy physician.
13 It is difficult to measure the success of the campaign at this stage.
14 The majority of Brazil's huge commercial interests support the measure.
15 It is therefore possible to measure around an armhole curve and compare the measurement with that of the sleeve head.