PRECISE in a Sentence
Learn PRECISE 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.
202 example sentences for PRECISE, such as:
1. I can't give you a precise date.
2. She gave me clear and precise directions.
3. A scientist must be precise in making tests.
4. It was difficult to get precise information.
5. The precise gunners were coolly enthusiastic.
2. She gave me clear and precise directions.
3. A scientist must be precise in making tests.
4. It was difficult to get precise information.
5. The precise gunners were coolly enthusiastic.
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Meanings and Examples of PRECISE
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precise
a. exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
Classic Sentence: (163 in 11 pages)
1 It was for this precise reason that Stuart and Brent were idling on the porch of Tara this April afternoon.
2 She "went through" the linen and blankets in the precise spirit of the penitent exploring the inner folds of conscience; she sought for moths as the stricken soul seeks for lurking infirmities.
3 Miss Farish's heart was a fountain of tender illusions, Miss Stepney's a precise register of facts as manifested in their relation to herself.
4 No other tableau had been received with that precise note of approval: it had obviously been called forth by herself, and not by the picture she impersonated.
5 What precise purpose this ivory horn or lance answers, it would be hard to say.
6 It is not probable that this monomania in him took its instant rise at the precise time of his bodily dismemberment.
7 Of what precise species this sea-monster was, is not mentioned.
8 Nor is it at all prudent for the hunter to be over curious touching the precise nature of the whale spout.
9 For at that time, and indeed until a comparatively late day, the precise origin of ambergris remained, like amber itself, a problem to the learned.
10 At length the desired observation was taken; and with his pencil upon his ivory leg, Ahab soon calculated what his latitude must be at that precise instant.
11 The precise gunners were coolly enthusiastic.
12 Surely no man would work so hard or attain such precise information unless he had some definite end in view.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
13 So when he stared at Connie in his peculiar way, giving her his peculiar, precise information, she felt all the background of his mind filling up with mist, with nothingness.
14 By a remarkable coincidence, the other two had been visited with the same unpleasant sensation at that precise moment.
15 As the minutes passed he had gradually drifted into a revengeful intention without knowing the precise moment of forming it.
Example Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 Gary Near, a San Francisco attorney representing the plaintiffs, said the airlines have precise records of who should get refunds.
2 With her precise use of language and intimidating aspect, she was a typical traditional schoolmistress.
3 I don't know the precise meaning of the word 'gleaned'.
4 I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital.
5 She gave me clear and precise directions.
6 I can't give you a precise date.
7 Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness.
8 It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.
9 It is important to take precise measurements of the structure.
10 It was difficult to get precise information.
11 At that precise moment, Miss Pulteney came into the office.
12 He was not clear on the precise nature of his mission.
13 A scientist must be precise in making tests.
14 With this you can pinpoint the precise location of the sound.
15 There is considerable dispute over the precise definition of 'social class' as a term.