PRESERVATIVE in a Sentence

Learn PRESERVATIVE 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.
251 example sentences for PRESERVATIVE, such as:
1. It was worth an effort to preserve it.
2. We must preserve our natural resources.
3. We need to preserve the element of surprise.
4. Bad driving is not just the preserve of boy racers.
5. The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PRESERVATIVE
preservative
 a.  tending or having the power to preserve
 n.  a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition
Classic Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
1  This preservative she had now obtained; and at the age of twenty-seven, without having ever been handsome, she felt all the good luck of it.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
2  Bodies in the dissecting-rooms are injected with preservative fluid.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
3  He took no "preservative measures," as they may be called.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
4  They all preserve, however, the common characteristics of barrenness, inhospitality, and misery.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
5  Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
6  I have heard from Miss Louisa that you still preserve that bottle.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV
7  But I touch him up with you when he comes it too strong, and so we preserve an understanding.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV
8  And yet he was powerless to preserve his privacy; he was a hired man, and these people were his masters.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
9  Wrapped up carefully to preserve it from damage and dry-rot was the old family cradle, of rosewood.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
10  Here it is; I would not burn it, because being even then very little satisfied with Mr Elliot, I was determined to preserve every document of former intimacy.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
11  His fervid nature could not afford to relinquish one of these, though two of the three were as many as he could hope to preserve.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
12  Moreover, it had become a religion with him to preserve in good condition all that had lapsed from his mother's hands to his own.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
13  I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
14  It was worth an effort to preserve it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
15  I was determined to preserve my disguise as long as possible, and hence my preference for a dirty face.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  I have had some previous experience in this branch of what I call preservative chemistry.
2  The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.
3  Their main job is to preserve health rather than treat illness.
4  To do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom.
5  Bad driving is not just the preserve of boy racers.
6  We want to preserve the character of the town while improving the facilities.
7  The Red Cross's primary concern is to preserve and protect human life.
8  To acquire wealth is difficult, to preserve it more difficult, but to spend it wisely most difficult of all.
9  We have taken effective measures to preserve our natural resources.
10  We walked quietly up to the door to preserve the element of surprise.
11  We need to preserve the element of surprise.
12  We must encourage the planting of new trees and preserve our existing woodlands.
13  He and his wife finally had to move from their apartment just to preserve their sanity.
14  To preserve a friend three things are required: to honour him present, praise him absent, and assist him in his necessities.
15  We must preserve our natural resources.