METAL in a Sentence
Learn METAL 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.
135 example sentences for METAL, such as:
1. Aluminium is a kind of metal.
2. She was beaten with a metal bar.
3. The worker fined the metal down.
4. He hit his head against a metal bar.
5. They poured the hot metal into the mould.
2. She was beaten with a metal bar.
3. The worker fined the metal down.
4. He hit his head against a metal bar.
5. They poured the hot metal into the mould.
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Meanings and Examples of METAL
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metal
n. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
v. cover with metal
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1 At that instant there was a sharp click, the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2 Always I hear corrupt murmurs; the chink of gold and metal.
3 He had bracelets of gold upon his arms, and a broad collar of the same precious metal around his neck.
4 A golden chain, to which was attached a small reliquary of the same metal, hung round her neck.
5 Out of the black shadows there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright, now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
6 As I opened my door I seemed to hear a low whistle, such as my sister described, and a few moments later a clanging sound, as if a mass of metal had fallen.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
7 Suddenly there was the momentary gleam of a light up in the direction of the ventilator, which vanished immediately, but was succeeded by a strong smell of burning oil and heated metal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
8 The ceiling of this small chamber is really the end of the descending piston, and it comes down with the force of many tons upon this metal floor.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
9 The panel had closed again behind me, but the crash of the lamp, and a few moments afterwards the clang of the two slabs of metal, told me how narrow had been my escape.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
10 Our gas was lit and shone on the white cloth and glimmer of china and metal, for the table had not been cleared yet.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
11 From within he produced a crumpled piece of paper, an old-fashioned brass key, a peg of wood with a ball of string attached to it, and three rusty old disks of metal.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
12 It was a linen bag which contained within it a mass of old rusted and discoloured metal and several dull-coloured pieces of pebble or glass.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
13 Several discs of metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
14 I could understand his regarding it as of small importance when I looked at it, for the metal was almost black and the stones lustreless and dull.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
15 The metal work was in the form of a double ring, but it had been bent and twisted out of its original shape.
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1 He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.
2 She was beaten with a metal bar.
3 He hit his head against a metal bar.
4 The worker fined the metal down.
5 You need a powerful saw to cut through metal.
6 The design is incised into a metal plate.
7 She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum.
8 You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth.
9 A metal grid had been placed across the hole to stop people falling in.
10 They poured the hot metal into the mould.
11 The impact of the stones made little dents in the metal.
12 The game involved throwing metal rings over a stick.
13 Aluminium is a kind of metal.
14 The machine can hammer out metal very thin.
15 When nuclear fuel is manufactured it is encased in metal cans.