PLAN in a Sentence

Learn PLAN 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.
420 example sentences for PLAN, such as:
1. It's a good idea to plan ahead.
2. Instantly she abandoned her plan.
3. They reached an agreement about the plan.
4. They have made an agreement about the plan.
5. She began to explain her plan of action to the group.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PLAN
plan
 n.  an arrangement scheme
 v.  make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This plan had the advantage of enabling him to send Jotham to the Flats after dinner to meet Zenobia, while he himself took the lumber down to the village.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
2  With ordinary luck he should have had time to carry out this plan; but everything went wrong from the start.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
3  The more he considered his plan the more hopeful it seemed.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  Her voice was raised questioningly, as though she hung on Gerald's assent to her plan, a mere formality but one dear to the heart of Gerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  By the time Scarlett had undressed and blown out the candle, her plan for tomorrow had worked itself out in every detail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  It was a simple plan, for, with Gerald's single-mindedness of purpose, her eyes were centered on the goal and she thought only of the most direct steps by which to reach it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  There would be no one at the barbecue who, by delicately lifted brows or out-thrust underlip, could interfere with her plan of action.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  However, remembering her plan, Scarlett smothered her contempt and cast such a flashing smile of greeting at him that he stopped short, his arm outheld to Suellen and goggled at Scarlett in pleased bewilderment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  "He has a lot of money," she was thinking swiftly, as a thought and a plan went through her brain.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  It did not occur to her to plan just what they would do if Ashley should declare his love for her in unmistakable words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  Instantly she abandoned her plan.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  Once, Scarlett, in desperation, started to ride out herself to search for food, but the hysterical outbursts of the whole family fearful of the Yankees made her abandon the plan.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  She gave her approval to the plan of hiring out the horse even though it meant the family would be without any means of transportation temporarily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  And she knew that, loving Ashley as she did, her plan was doubly prostitution.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  I'm sorry to have involved him and the others in such a--a-- But I had to think fast when I rode away from here and that was the only plan that occurred to me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He exerted all his influence to make them accept his plan.
2  We raced against the clock so as to fulfill our production plan according to schedule.
3  Things do not happen according to plan, and they are not reducible to tidy models.
4  She began to explain her plan of action to the group.
5  The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.
6  The plan was decisively rejected by Congress three weeks ago.
7  What he said inclines me to think that he will agree to our plan.
8  Unanimous agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead.
9  They reached an agreement about the plan.
10  They have made an agreement about the plan.
11  Notwithstanding some members' objections, I think we must go ahead with the plan.
12  The district board will vote today on whether to go ahead with the plan.
13  It's a good idea to plan ahead.
14  It's late in the day to think of a change of plan when we've already ordered the materials.
15  He went through with his plan although all his friends advised him to abandon it.