OBJECTIVE in a Sentence

Learn OBJECTIVE 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.
368 example sentences for OBJECTIVE, such as:
1. His objective was to finish by October.
2. We need to establish a clear objective.
3. It is impossible to be completely objective.
4. Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
5. Her main/prime objective now is simply to stay in power.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of OBJECTIVE
objective
 a.  not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "It's all right, Mr. Shelley," said the man, pointing with his finger to indicate the objective of his journey.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
2  A general does nothing but command the troops, indicates the objective, and hardly ever uses a weapon himself.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER VI
3  I keep a bull pup," I said, "and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
4  He said that he would acquire no knowledge which did not bear upon his object.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
5  In a moment the young fellows had dismounted, fastened their horses, and were ascending the precipitous slope which led up to the object which had excited their curiosity.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
6  He therefore accosted him when he got up to him, with the object of finding out what Lucy Ferrier's fate had been.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
7  Year passed into year, his black hair turned grizzled, but still he wandered on, a human bloodhound, with his mind wholly set upon the one object upon which he had devoted his life.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
8  Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
9  Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
10  Napoleon had commanded that once a week there should be held something called a Spontaneous Demonstration, the object of which was to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of Animal Farm.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
11  He looked round for an object corresponding to this description.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
12  His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
13  You are not to have, in any object of use or ornament, what would be a contradiction in fact.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
14  The first object with which they had an association, or of which they had a remembrance, was a large black board with a dry Ogre chalking ghastly white figures on it.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
15  The object of his miserable existence was to prevent its recognition by any one among the various people he encountered.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1  A jury's decision in a court case must be absolutely objective.
2  We will use every possible means to achieve our objective.
3  My sole objective is to make the information more widely available.
4  Try to be objective if you want to spend your money wisely.
5  It is impossible to be completely objective.
6  He finds it difficult to remain objective where his son is concerned.
7  It is not enough to tinker at the edges; our objective must be to reconstruct the entire system.
8  We need to establish a clear objective.
9  His objective was to finish by October.
10  The main objective of this meeting is to give more information on our plans.
11  Her principal objective was international fame as a scientist.
12  Our main objective was the recovery of the child safe and well.
13  Her main/prime objective now is simply to stay in power.
14  So now you know your real objective, and can appreciate the vital importance of this mission.
15  Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.