ORIGINAL in a Sentence

Learn ORIGINAL 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.
392 example sentences for ORIGINAL, such as:
1. Compare the copy with the original.
2. The original reproduces clearly in a photocopy.
3. The clock was restored to its original condition.
4. Back to have in the past, returned to the original.
5. Ten years on, the original concept was wearing well.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ORIGINAL
original
 a.  (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
 n.  an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made
Classic Sentence: (208 in 14 pages)
1  I had the good fortune to seize upon that, and everything which has occurred since then has served to confirm my original supposition, and, indeed, was the logical sequence of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  Lucy had been carried back by their terrible pursuers to fulfil her original destiny, by becoming one of the harem of the Elder's son.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  Henceforward the farm was to be known as "The Manor Farm"--which, he believed, was its correct and original name.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
4  All things therefore seemed to point to this: that I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
5  An obstacle occurred to this his favourite project, in the mutual attachment of his ward and his son and hence the original cause of the banishment of Wilfred from the house of his father.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  The physician was at first inclined to ascribe this sudden and violent emotion to the effects of insanity; and, adhering to his original purpose, began once again to handle his implements.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  He gave it to me, and with the necklace I make over to you all the duty of remembering the original giver.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  "Here is a nut," said he, catching one down from an upper bough, "to exemplify: a beautiful glossy nut, which, blessed with original strength, has outlived all the storms of autumn."
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
9  He was clothed throughout in a tight-fitting suit of corduroy, excellent in quality, not much worn, and well-chosen for its purpose, but deprived of its original colour by his trade.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
10  The ashes of the original British pyre which blazed from that summit lay fresh and undisturbed in the barrow beneath their tread.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
11  "Well, I can't understand a quiet ladylike little body like Tamsin Yeobright caring to be married in such a mean way," said Susan Nunsuch, the wide woman, who preferred the original subject.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
12  Thus she was a girl of some forwardness of mind, indeed, weighed in relation to her situation among the very rearward of thinkers, very original.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 7 Queen of Night
13  Like in form, it had the added softness and finish of a Raffaelle after Perugino, which, while faithfully reproducing the original subject, entirely distances the original art.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
14  That he would be successful in an original way, or that he would go to the dogs in an original way, seemed equally probable.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 1 "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is"
15  All the known incidents of their love were enlarged, distorted, touched up, and modified, till the original reality bore but a slight resemblance to the counterfeit presentation by surrounding tongues.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward
Example Sentence: (184 in 13 pages)
1  Your inexperience is an asset and will allow you to think in original and unconventional ways.
2  Back to have in the past, returned to the original.
3  Buying those shares was a very far-sighted move - they must be worth ten times their original value now.
4  Some of the language in the original play has been toned down for the television version.
5  The original version of the text has been pruned quite a bit.
6  The new version of the program comes with a much better user interface than original.
7  This version is better than the original but that's not saying much.
8  Walt and I referred to a video cassette of the original footage to check continuity and lighting.
9  The impact of the crash reduced the car to a third of its original length.
10  This was a clear-cut case of the original land owner being in the right.
11  The original reproduces clearly in a photocopy.
12  Compare the copy with the original.
13  Ten years on, the original concept was wearing well.
14  We were astonished to find the temple still in its original condition.
15  The clock was restored to its original condition.