OVERALL in a Sentence
Learn OVERALL 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.
37 example sentences for OVERALL, such as:
1. This is conditional on the overall plan.
2. The overall pattern of our life changes little.
3. The bottom of the overalls I can turn up inside.
4. Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
5. It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
2. The overall pattern of our life changes little.
3. The bottom of the overalls I can turn up inside.
4. Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
5. It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OVERALL
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overall
n. (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps)
n. a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
Classic Sentence:
1 It fits pretty well," she said, looking down at the white overalls, "except that the tunic, or whatever you call it, is long in the sleeve.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
2 The bottom of the overalls I can turn up inside.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
3 He had changed from her friend to a cynical man in overalls.
4 At the corner of the Moroseyka, opposite a large house with closed shutters and bearing a bootmaker's signboard, stood a score of thin, worn-out, gloomy-faced bootmakers, wearing overalls and long tattered coats.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.
2 Cut down your overall amount of physical activity.
3 The spokesman stressed that the measures did not amount to an overall ban.
4 On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance.
5 The texts still contained an important difference on the issue of maximum overall foreign troop deployments allowed to the two military blocs.
6 The president has been accused of failing to articulate an overall vision in foreign affairs.
7 She didn't win every race, but she was the overall winner.
8 The overall situation is good, despite a few minor problems.
9 The overall composition of the picture is good but some of the detail is distracting.
10 It is the general's role to develop overall strategy.
11 An overall theme will help to give your essay coherence.
12 The Conservatives had a huge overall majority in the House of Commons.
13 The overall performance rating puts the new model well ahead of its main rivals.
14 The overall pattern of our life changes little.
15 This is conditional on the overall plan.