OUTLINE in a Sentence

Learn OUTLINE 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.
138 example sentences for OUTLINE, such as:
1. A ray of sunshine, outline for you my all memory.
2. The outline of the mountains was clearly visible.
3. Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship.
4. You should draw up a plan or outline for the essay.
5. The sharp outline of the island had become blurred.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of OUTLINE
outline
 n.  a schematic or preliminary plan
 n.  a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
Classic Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1  There were the marks of the horse's hoofs, too, the outline of one of which was far more clearly cut than that of the other three, showing that that was a new shoe.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  Even in the darkness he could recognize the outline of the cliffs which bounded it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  He could trace its shadow in the gloom, supply the smallest item of the outline, and note how stiff and solemn it seemed to stalk along.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
4  Such a perfect, delicate, and necessary finish did the figure give to the dark pile of hills that it seemed to be the only obvious justification of their outline.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
5  In respect of character a face may make certain admissions by its outline; but it fully confesses only in its changes.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
6  In the innermost corner the square outline of a van appeared, with its back towards him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
7  But on the next, being the day-week of their previous meeting, he saw a female shape floating along the ridge and the outline of a young man ascending from the valley.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
8  Wildeve had at present the rayless outline of the sun through smoked glass, and she could say such things as that with the greatest facility.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
9  To win the money, fairly or otherwise, and to hand it contemptuously to Thomasin in her aunt's presence, had been the dim outline of his purpose.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
10  The simple outline of the lonely shed was visible, and thither he determined to direct his steps.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
11  I could distinguish the outline of an instep where the wet foot had been placed in coming in.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
12  Now and then we passed a moorland cottage, walled and roofed with stone, with no creeper to break its harsh outline.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
13  I could merely see the outline, but his height told me that it was Barrymore.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
14  When the butler had gone I walked over to the black window, and I looked through a blurred pane at the driving clouds and at the tossing outline of the wind-swept trees.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
15  Holmes had sprung to his feet, and I saw his dark, athletic outline at the door of the hut, his shoulders stooping, his head thrust forward, his face peering into the darkness.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  The sharp outline of the island had become blurred.
2  Make an outline before trying to write a composition.
3  In the gloom I could only just discern the outline of a building.
4  The dim outline of a building loomed up out of the mist.
5  The outline of the mountains was clearly visible.
6  In this chapter we define the boundaries of the sports industry and outline the key contributors to its economic importance.
7  You should draw up a plan or outline for the essay.
8  A ray of sunshine, outline for you my all memory.
9  It is necessary in his judgment to relate the facts only in the barest outline.
10  Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship.
11  Now the leadership wants to look forward, and to outline a strategy for the rest of the century.
12  The governor gave only a vague outline of his tax plan.
13  I looked into a certain corner near, half-expecting to see the slim outline of a once dreaded switch which used to lurk there, waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm or shrinking neck.
14  His face was like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin.
15  The WTO has set a deadline of July for ministers to agree upon an outline deal.