OUTLAW in a Sentence
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29 example sentences for OUTLAW, such as:
1. I am not an outlaw, then, fair rose of Sharon.
2. A robber or bandit, especially one of an outlaw band.
3. No outlaw in this land uses the dialect in which thou hast spoken.
4. Congress approved legislation which outlawed the sale of the drug.
5. There are enough of outlaws in this forest to resent my protecting the deer.
2. A robber or bandit, especially one of an outlaw band.
3. No outlaw in this land uses the dialect in which thou hast spoken.
4. Congress approved legislation which outlawed the sale of the drug.
5. There are enough of outlaws in this forest to resent my protecting the deer.
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Meanings and Examples of OUTLAW
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outlaw
a. disobedient to or defiant of law
a. contrary to or forbidden by law
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 She had already unclasped two costly bracelets and a collar, which she hastened to proffer to the supposed outlaw, concluding naturally that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour.
2 Thou art no outlaw," said Rebecca, in the same language in which he addressed her; "no outlaw had refused such offers.
3 No outlaw in this land uses the dialect in which thou hast spoken.
4 I am not an outlaw, then, fair rose of Sharon.
5 This ill-timed defiance might have procured for De Bracy a volley of arrows, but for the hasty and imperative interference of the outlaw Chief.
6 And, between two yeomen, was brought before the silvan throne of the outlaw Chief, our old friend, Prior Aymer of Jorvaulx.
7 He would have nothing to do with other people, but led the life of an outlaw.
8 Thus we seem to see that, as regarded Hester Prynne, the whole seven years of outlaw and ignominy had been little other than a preparation for this very hour.
9 For Pelopidas had to deal, not with two tyrants only, but with ten; and so far from having their confidence, could not, being an outlaw, even approach them.
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Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
10 At present, if we indeed journey to Ashby-de-la-Zouche, we do so with my noble neighbour and countryman Athelstane of Coningsburgh, and with such a train as would set outlaws and feudal enemies at defiance.
11 Two of the outlaws, taking up their quarter-staves, and desiring Gurth to follow close in the rear, walked roundly forward along a by-path, which traversed the thicket and the broken ground adjacent to it.
12 Rowena, somewhat alarmed by the mention of outlaws in force, and so near them, strongly seconded the proposal of her guardian.
13 By this time the change of baggage was hastily achieved; for the single word "outlaws" rendered every one sufficiently alert, and the approach of twilight made the sound yet more impressive.
14 There are enough of outlaws in this forest to resent my protecting the deer.
15 But necessity, according to the ancient proverb, sharpens invention, and he muttered something under his cowl concerning the men in question being excommunicated outlaws both to church and to kingdom.
Example Sentence:
1 Viridina had freed him and sent him away to join the outlaw humans that had escaped their lives of slavery.
2 A robber or bandit, especially one of an outlaw band.
3 Robin Hood was an outlaw who lived in the forest and stole from the rich to give to the poor.
4 Each would bring hooks and lines, and such provision as he could steal in the most dark and mysterious way -- as became outlaws.
5 Part of the little raft's belongings consisted of an old sail, and this they spread over a nook in the bushes for a tent to shelter their provisions; but they themselves would sleep in the open air in good weather, as became outlaws.
6 According to all authoritative histories of the Sinn Fein-IRA movement, Adams served as an IRA commander for decades, but he has always denied holding any position in the outlawed group.
7 Congress approved legislation which outlawed the sale of the drug.