PRACTICE in a Sentence

Learn PRACTICE 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.
400 example sentences for PRACTICE, such as:
1. And in practice again, I observe.
2. My practice is never very absorbing.
3. Without practice, hopes will be reduced to zero.
4. Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
5. I can't wait to put what I've learned into practice.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PRACTICE
practice
 n.  a customary way of operation or behavior
 n.  the exercise of a profession
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
2  Or for the matter of that book learning; or skilful practice on pianos; or laying on of paint.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
3  I hesitated long before I put this theory to the test of practice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4  He was not only a professional peacemaker, but from practice a hater of all feuds and brawls.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Damsel," he said, "if the pity I feel for thee arise from any practice thine evil arts have made on me, great is thy guilt.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  A very praiseworthy practice," said Edmund, "but not quite universal.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  And I have two or three ideas also," said Edmund, "and one of them is, that very little of your plan for Thornton Lacey will ever be put in practice.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  They had been instructed theoretically in their religion, but never required to bring it into daily practice.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
9  I don't mean a regular mute to attend grown-up people, my dear, but only for children's practice.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  As to the management of their children, his theory was much better than his wife's, and his practice not so bad.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  It was very well to talk of, but ridiculous to put in practice.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
12  It was a practice well known on Egdon at that date, and one that is not quite extinct at the present day.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
13  And in practice again, I observe.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
14  My practice is never very absorbing.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
15  Dr. Roylott then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice in London and took us to live with him in the old ancestral house at Stoke Moran.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Example Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
1  The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.
2  Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.
3  I think we can safely assume that the practice is legal.
4  The coach issued a diktat that all team members must attend early-morning practice.
5  With practice, you should become proficient within six months.
6  I eventually realized I had to change my attitude toward medical practice.
7  All theories originate from / in practice and in turn serve practice.
8  Understand their own strengths, to choose the life occupation orientation; practice their strengths, to accomplish his career.
9  He tried to practice upon the imagination and credulity of the public.
10  I can't wait to put what I've learned into practice.
11  It remains to be seen whether or not this idea can be put into practice.
12  In practice, this law is often given a wide interpretation by the police.
13  We are currently exploring new approaches within existing frameworks of practice and thinking.
14  Without practice, hopes will be reduced to zero.
15  All these noble sentiments have little chance of being put into practice.