PRECINCT in a Sentence
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13 example sentences for PRECINCT, such as:
1. The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle.
2. A tunnel entrance was found within the precincts of the prison camp.
3. Not enough paper ballots at the precinct is an administrative failure.
4. Trainloads of negroes had been rushed from town to town, voting at every precinct along the way.
5. It was eleven o'clock when he came in, though he had not been further than the precincts of the garden.
2. A tunnel entrance was found within the precincts of the prison camp.
3. Not enough paper ballots at the precinct is an administrative failure.
4. Trainloads of negroes had been rushed from town to town, voting at every precinct along the way.
5. It was eleven o'clock when he came in, though he had not been further than the precincts of the garden.
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Meanings and Examples of PRECINCT
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precinct
n. a district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
Classic Sentence:
1 Trainloads of negroes had been rushed from town to town, voting at every precinct along the way.
2 While these marvels meet Dardanian Aeneas' eyes, while he dizzily hangs rapt in one long gaze, Dido the queen entered the precinct, beautiful exceedingly, a youthful train thronging round her.
3 So here Ulysses stood for a while and looked about him, but when he had looked long enough he crossed the threshold and went within the precincts of the house.
4 There was a young olive growing within the precincts of the house, in full vigour, and about as thick as a bearing-post.
5 The shape standing before me had never crossed my eyes within the precincts of Thornfield Hall before; the height, the contour were new to me.
6 Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.
7 Within the precincts of her home she felt like one who has entered and lingered within the portals of some forbidden temple in which a thousand muffled voices bade her begone.
8 Deeply regretting this weakness on the part of a sister muse, we shall at once retire from her sacred precincts, within the proper limits of our own humble vocation.
9 But their curiosity was disappointed; for these outlets only looked upon the court of the castle, and the sound came from beyond its precincts.
10 It was eleven o'clock when he came in, though he had not been further than the precincts of the garden.
Example Sentence:
1 Not enough paper ballots at the precinct is an administrative failure.
2 The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle.
3 A tunnel entrance was found within the precincts of the prison camp.