PRODIGY in a Sentence
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57 example sentences for PRODIGY, such as:
1. 'He is a prodigy,' he said at last.
2. Marius was dazzled by this prodigy.
3. It traversed the battle like a prodigy.
4. Long I gazed at that prodigy of plumage.
5. Of the prodigy of all wraths, said others.
2. Marius was dazzled by this prodigy.
3. It traversed the battle like a prodigy.
4. Long I gazed at that prodigy of plumage.
5. Of the prodigy of all wraths, said others.
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Meanings and Examples of PRODIGY
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prodigy
n. a sign of something about to happen
n. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
Classic Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1 The day following they gave him only ten, and he was regarded by his comrades as a prodigy.
2 It traversed the battle like a prodigy.
3 Our civilization, the work of twenty centuries, is its law and its prodigy; it is worth the trouble of saving.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
4 Of the prodigy of all wraths, said others.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
5 He was less the man transfigured than the victim of this prodigy.
6 Marius was dazzled by this prodigy.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
7 Long I gazed at that prodigy of plumage.
8 He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.
9 Heyward lifted his head from the cover, and beheld what he justly considered a prodigy of rashness and skill.
10 There was only one thing wanting to make Mr. Walters' ecstasy complete, and that was a chance to deliver a Bible-prize and exhibit a prodigy.
11 'He is a prodigy,' he said at last.
12 The Turks killed prodigious numbers of the Russians, but the latter had their revenge.
13 You'll make a prodigious fortune; if we cannot find our account in one world we shall in another.
14 It is plain such materials must have prodigious superiority over those pebbles and sand which we call gold and precious stones.
15 The whole of this prodigious city is a foreshortening of dead manners and living manners.
Example Sentence:
1 Brianna Kahane, the 8-year-old violin prodigy, played at the memorial observance there.
2 The child prodigy Yehudi Menuhin grew into a virtuoso whose violin performances thrilled millions.
3 She wrote a truly prodigious number of novels.
4 What a prodigious opportunity you have missed.
5 Watching the weight lifter heave the barbell to shoulder height and then boost it overhead, we marveled at his prodigious strength.
6 Matilda, a brilliant mathematician and prodigious reader, is loathed by her benighted parents.