MOUSE in a Sentence
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72 example sentences for MOUSE, such as:
1. A mouse is a small animal.
2. A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
3. I devised how to catch the mouse.
4. The bird is hovering over a mouse.
5. Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
2. A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
3. I devised how to catch the mouse.
4. The bird is hovering over a mouse.
5. Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MOUSE
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mouse
n. a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
n. person who is quiet or timid
Classic Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1 The bright eyes belonged to a little gray mouse, and the mouse had eaten a hole into the cushion and made a comfortable nest there.
2 They found the rose-colored brocade boudoir and the hole in the cushion the mouse had left, but the mice had grown up and run away and the hole was empty.
3 Yes, yes,' answered the mouse, 'by all means go, and if you get anything very good to eat, think of me.
4 She said to the mouse: 'You must do me a favour, and once more manage the house for a day alone.'
5 The good mouse consented, but the cat crept behind the town walls to the church, and devoured half the pot of fat.
6 During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the greedy cat entirely emptied the pot of fat.
7 The mouse at once asked what name had been given to the third child.
8 'All-gone' was already on the poor mouse's lips; scarcely had she spoken it before the cat sprang on her, seized her, and swallowed her down.
9 My tale is done, there runs a mouse; whosoever catches it, may make himself a big fur cap out of it.
10 Once upon a time, a mouse, a bird, and a sausage, entered into partnership and set up house together.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
11 The bird's duty was to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel; the mouse fetched the water, and the sausage saw to the cooking.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
12 For, when the mouse had made the fire and fetched in the water, she could retire into her little room and rest until it was time to set the table.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
13 Beg and pray as the mouse and the sausage might, it was of no use; the bird remained master of the situation, and the venture had to be made.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
14 They therefore drew lots, and it fell to the sausage to bring in the wood, to the mouse to cook, and to the bird to fetch the water.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
Context Highlight In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
15 He picked up the wood, and flew sadly home, and told the mouse all he had seen and heard.
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
2 A mouse is a small animal.
3 His wife, a strange little mouse, never said anything.
4 A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
5 Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
6 Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
7 The bird is hovering over a mouse.
8 I devised how to catch the mouse.
9 The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice ".
10 The police played an elaborate game of cat and mouse to trap him.
11 He held the mouse in the palm of his hand.
12 The mountains have brought forth a mouse.
13 It's a poor mouse that has only on hole.
14 The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
15 Burn not your house to rid it of the mouse.