PRELIMINARY in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for PRELIMINARY, such as:
1. The discussions were preliminary to preparing a policy paper.
2. At the preliminary examination, it developed that he had been a suitor of the girl's.
3. The civil liberties group is seeking a preliminary injunction barring Republican Gov.
4. According to preliminary, unofficial figures, a large majority, some 84 percent, voted in favor.
5. UN official reports supported the preliminary findings that the plane was brought down by a missile.
2. At the preliminary examination, it developed that he had been a suitor of the girl's.
3. The civil liberties group is seeking a preliminary injunction barring Republican Gov.
4. According to preliminary, unofficial figures, a large majority, some 84 percent, voted in favor.
5. UN official reports supported the preliminary findings that the plane was brought down by a missile.
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Meanings and Examples of PRELIMINARY
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preliminary
a. denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding
n. a minor match preceding the main event
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 She rose hastily, without her usual preliminary burrowings and stretchings, and went to the window, hoping to see some neighbor's face, some heartening sight.
2 The musicians after preliminary tunings and whangings broke into "Old Dan Tucker" and Tommy turned to her.
3 Regina's would enable her, when Mrs. Peniston's legacy was paid, to realize the vision of the green-and-white shop with the fuller competence acquired by her preliminary training.
4 But to Lily herself, aware that the legacy could not be put to such a use, the preliminary training seemed a wasted effort.
5 At the preliminary examination, it developed that he had been a suitor of the girl's.
6 The preliminary stage of becoming acquainted was one which he always endeavored to ignore when a pretty and engaging woman was concerned.
7 Marija goes on the warpath straight off, without even the preliminary of a good cursing, and when she is pulled off it is with the coat collars of two villains in her hands.
8 And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.
9 As if a rook had hopped unseen to a prominent bald branch, he touched his collar and hemmed his preliminary croak.
10 Then there was a scuffle behind the bush; a preliminary premonitory scratching.
11 Well, every moment now is precious, so if you feel equal to it we shall go down to Scotland Yard at once as a preliminary to starting for Eyford.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
12 This brutal preliminary seemed to shadow forth some strange and inexplicable horror in the background.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
13 Besides this preliminary outlay, he must be prepared to keep himself for some years, and to hire a presentable carriage and horse.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
14 I fear, my friend, that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances; but they were days of comparative happiness, and I think of them with pleasure.
15 By this time the preliminary prayer had been offered in the meeting-house, and the accents of the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale were heard commencing his discourse.
Example Sentence:
1 The system has previously undergone six months of preliminary tests in the same Redwood City neighborhood, with officers firing blanks.
2 UN official reports supported the preliminary findings that the plane was brought down by a missile.
3 The discussions were preliminary to preparing a policy paper.
4 The civil liberties group is seeking a preliminary injunction barring Republican Gov.
5 According to preliminary, unofficial figures, a large majority, some 84 percent, voted in favor.
6 In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting our major campaign.