MINE in a Sentence

Learn MINE 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.
281 example sentences for MINE, such as:
1. So much is mine as I enjoy.
2. A useful trade is a mine of gold.
3. His department will merge with mine.
4. Better is the neighbour's hen than mine.
5. It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of MINE
mine
 v.  get from the earth by excavation
 n.  explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
2  He has frequently conversed with me on mine, which I have communicated to him without disguise.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
3  You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
4  Much as they were attached to each other, they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
8  They did not appear rich, but they were contented and happy; their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine became every day more tumultuous.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
9  Yet mine shall not be the submission of abject slavery.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
10  Thus Elizabeth endeavoured to divert her thoughts and mine from all reflection upon melancholy subjects.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
11  You may give up your purpose, but mine is assigned to me by heaven, and I dare not.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
12  The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
13  No guilt, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
14  Myrtle pulled her chair close to mine, and suddenly her warm breath poured over me the story of her first meeting with Tom.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
15  With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1  So much is mine as I enjoy.
2  Your kiss still burns on my lips, everyday of mine is so beautiful.
3  A useful trade is a mine of gold.
4  There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say, the haves and the have-nots.
5  I can identify that watch is mine by the scratches on the back.
6  It was a freak of mine to wear pink pajamas.
7  Genius without educaton is like silver in the mine.
8  Better is the neighbour's hen than mine.
9  I think he would come but it's only a fancy of mine.
10  The company has questioned the commercial viability of the mine.
11  His department will merge with mine.
12  It was not easy to drain the flooded mine.
13  The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.
14  Her parents were far more liberal than mine.
15  Though mine safety has much improved, miners' families still fear the worst.