NAIL in a Sentence

Learn NAIL 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.
191 example sentences for NAIL, such as:
1. A nail tore a hole in her skirt.
2. Use acetone to remove nail polish.
3. The nail ripped a hole in my jacket.
4. She hit the nail with a sledgehammer.
5. And he tore the charge from the nail.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of NAIL
nail
 v.  attach something somewhere by means of nails
 n.  a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard
Classic Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
1  That which you see there, higher up in the door, near a nail, is the hole of a big iron bullet as large as an egg.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
2  In the chimney-corner a cat-o'-nine-tails was hanging on a nail.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE WATER QUESTION AT MONTFERMEIL
3  At the same time, she stretched out her arm towards the cat-o'-nine-tails which hung on a nail in the chimney-corner.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
4  The old woman caught sight of the coat hanging on a nail, and examined it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT
5  While Jean Valjean was putting on his coat, Fauchelevent had removed the bell and kneecap, which now hung on a nail beside a vintage basket that adorned the wall.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IX—THE MAN WITH THE BELL
6  It is in that hall that I nail up the coffin.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN...
7  Fauchelevent hastily detached the belled knee-cap from its nail and buckled it on his knee again.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN...
8  That he, Fauchelevent, was to nail up the coffin in the cell, raise the stone in the chapel, and lower the corpse into the vault.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
9  He got out of the coffin, and helped Fauchelevent to nail on the lid again.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—IN WHICH WILL BE FOUND THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYI...
10  The first thing he found in the New Building was Guelemer, the second was a nail; Guelemer, that is to say, crime; a nail, that is to say, liberty.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT
11  Three-quarters of an hour had not elapsed since they had risen in bed in the dark, nail in hand, and their project in their heads.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT
12  And he tore the charge from the nail.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER IV—THE CHILD IS AMAZED AT THE OLD MAN
13  While he still went out, he had purchased of a coppersmith, for a few sous, a little copper crucifix which he had hung up on a nail opposite his bed.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II—LAST FLICKERINGS OF A LAMP WITHOUT OIL
14  The hollowing of that pitiless nail could be felt there.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—A PEN IS HEAVY TO THE MAN WHO LIFTED THE FAUC...
15  In their stead d'Artagnan thought he perceived in an obscure corner a discipline cord suspended from a nail in the wall.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost.
2  One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail.
3  She hit the nail with a sledgehammer.
4  A nail tore a hole in her skirt.
5  The nail ripped a hole in my jacket.
6  The key was hanging on a nail by the door.
7  He hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture on it.
8  Use acetone to remove nail polish.
9  With a sense of great pride, I knocked the last nail in.
10  It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
11  The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin.
12  The state police nail a cracker called Phate who's using his ingenious program, Trapdoor, to lure innocent victims to their death by infiltrating their computers.
13  If they get a nail, it is easy to puncture a tire.
14  "Then you _are_ going to be married, sir?" "Ex-act-ly -- pre-cise-ly: with your usual acuteness, you have hit the nail straight on the head."
15  I'll nail them for indiscrimination against my religion.