OVERTURE in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for OVERTURE, such as:
1. They began making overtures to the Irish government.
2. The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was being played.
3. Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the conductor tapped with his stick.
4. Tom watched the little lady a great deal, before he ventured on any overtures towards acquaintanceship.
5. He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count.
2. The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was being played.
3. Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the conductor tapped with his stick.
4. Tom watched the little lady a great deal, before he ventured on any overtures towards acquaintanceship.
5. He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count.
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Meanings and Examples of OVERTURE
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overture
n. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
n. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
Classic Sentence:
1 The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was being played.
2 Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the conductor tapped with his stick.
3 He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count.
4 There was an ominous, clanging overture to the charge when the shafts of the bayonets rattled upon the rifle barrels.
5 Because she was too exhausted by her anger to do otherwise, Scarlett sulkily promised and went home, haughtily refusing any overtures of peace from her household.
6 For comfort, he made overtures to the honey- colored cat which lay on the sunny window sill in the front hall.
7 Tom watched the little lady a great deal, before he ventured on any overtures towards acquaintanceship.
8 But I resisted all these overtures, and sat there in desperation; each time asking him, with tears in my eyes, for my money or my jacket.
9 For hardly can it be that I failed to note their overtures and the loftiness of their motives, or that I would not have accepted any wise and useful advice proffered.
10 In this confidence I sent no embassy, I framed no crafty overtures; myself I have presented mine own person, and come a suppliant to thy courts.
Example Sentence:
1 This overture has the potential to call out the real spirit of the so-called Tea Party.
2 Behind Iran's overtures to Washington lie pent-up pressures for change - from sanctions and internal dissent to regional turmoil - that are shaping a rare chance to end decades of hostility.
3 They began making overtures to the Irish government.