NOTION in a Sentence
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166 example sentences for NOTION, such as:
1. I haven't the faintest notion what they mean.
2. It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.
3. I have not the least notion at whom, or what he meant by it.
4. The notion of abuse has wider connotations than the physical.
5. The traditional notion of marriage goes back thousands of years.
2. It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.
3. I have not the least notion at whom, or what he meant by it.
4. The notion of abuse has wider connotations than the physical.
5. The traditional notion of marriage goes back thousands of years.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of NOTION
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notion
n. (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
Classic Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1 May be she is ill in town; nothing in the world more likely, for I have a notion she is always rather sickly.
2 I have a notion," said Sir John, "that Miss Marianne would not object to such a scheme, if her elder sister would come into it.
3 I have no notion of men's going on in this way; and if ever I meet him again, I will give him such a dressing as he has not had this many a day.
4 I have no notion of people's making such a to-do about money and greatness.
5 The last word was flung at the boy, who had not the least notion what it meant.
6 I became imbued with the notion on that first occasion before we sat down to dinner, but I cannot define by what means.
7 Towards Mr. Pocket, as a grown-up infant with no notion of his own interests, they showed the complacent forbearance I had heard them express.
8 According to my experience, the conventional notion of a lover cannot be always true.
9 I have a notion of firing eighty-two times, if the neighborhood shouldn't complain, and that cannon of mine should prove equal to the pressure.
10 I had looked into my affairs so often, that I had thoroughly destroyed any slight notion I might ever have had of their bearings.
11 And to this hour I have not the faintest notion what he meant, or what joke he thought I had made.
12 Still, I knew that there was cause for alarm, and I could not get rid of the notion of being watched.
13 Whenever I fell asleep, I awoke with the notion I had had in the sluice-house, that a long time had elapsed and the opportunity to save him was gone.
14 Some hopeful notion of seeing her, busily engaged in her daily duties, before she saw me, had been in my mind and was defeated.
15 I have not the least notion at whom, or what he meant by it.
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1 I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness.
2 The traditional notion of marriage goes back thousands of years.
3 They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.
4 One common Chinese notion is that the elders ought to be respected.
5 An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future.
6 Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
7 We each have a notion of just what kind of person we'd like to be.
8 I haven't the faintest notion what they mean.
9 The notion of abuse has wider connotations than the physical.
10 Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.
11 It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.
12 Eshton, observing me, seemed to propose that I should be asked to join them; but Lady Ingram instantly negatived the notion.
13 It's not just a notion when 46 states can still discriminate against same-sex couples getting married.
14 Believing in John's love for her, she can dismiss the notion that he might be unfaithful.
15 With all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.