OPPORTUNITY in a Sentence

Learn OPPORTUNITY 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.
361 example sentences for OPPORTUNITY, such as:
1. Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
2. They catch at every opportunity to make money.
3. He made full use of the opportunity to travel.
4. Tonight will be my first opportunity to meet her.
5. You wanted to dance and I gave you the opportunity.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of OPPORTUNITY
opportunity
 n.  a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She knew also that he was presenting her with just the opportunity she wanted for opening the conversation without revealing her true purpose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  They were practically alone and he might never get another such opportunity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  It was not often that Mr. McRae had the opportunity to talk about war, the way his women folks shushed him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  You wanted to dance and I gave you the opportunity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  Even John Wilkes, visibly proud of his son, had no opportunity for quiet conversation with him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  But there had been no opportunity to say them, and she knew now that perhaps she would never have the chance to say them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  Suellen never missed the opportunity to leave the plantation and give herself airs among people who did not know she weeded the garden and made beds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
8  He fretted until Scarlett who had only been waiting for such an opportunity laid a cool hand on his forehead and said: "Now, sweetheart, I shall be vexed if you take on so."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  The wave of rebuilding was giving her the opportunity she wanted and she knew she could make money if only she could stay out of jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
10  They had an avid curiosity about the South and Southern women, and Scarlett gave them their first opportunity to satisfy it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  Scarlett seldom refused, no matter how distasteful the idea might be, for she always hoped to have an opportunity to suggest tactfully that they do their trading at Frank's store.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  We saw opportunity in the ruin of a civilization and we made the most of our opportunity, some honestly, some shadily, and we are still making the most of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  He looked at her out of black blank eyes that made no opportunity for her to speak.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
14  It was not, after all, opportunity but imagination that he lacked: he had a mental palate which would never learn to distinguish between railway tea and nectar.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
15  No one, however, appeared to profit by the opportunity; and after a half hour of fruitless waiting she rose and wandered on.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1  Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
2  There must be an opportunity for both sides to air their grievances.
3  The birds also attack crops when the opportunity arises.
4  They were also given the opportunity to do some operation.
5  When an opportunity is neglected, it never comes back to you.
6  Tonight will be my first opportunity to meet her.
7  The scheme offers an ideal opportunity for youngsters to get training.
8  He made full use of the opportunity to travel.
9  The trip to Paris will be an ideal opportunity to practise my French.
10  Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
11  Don't corrupted themselves, life is not only an opportunity, try to.
12  Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.
13  The chinese word for crisis is divided into two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity.
14  You must avail yourself of every opportunity to speak English.
15  They catch at every opportunity to make money.