PUT in a Sentence

Learn PUT 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.
420 example sentences for PUT, such as:
1. Don't put a limit on anything.
2. They put about and sailed for home.
3. I would put his age at about seventy.
4. He put a proprietorial arm around her.
5. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PUT
put
 v.  make an investment
 v.  attribute or give
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  He unrolled the bottle of whiskey from the towel and put it on the table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  Sombre as it was, it put on the kindest of its moods to welcome her.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
4  Clerval then put the following letter into my hands.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  He put down his gun and ran to her assistance.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
6  They were obliged to put an end to such an expectation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
7  Look, she made me this bow to my hat, and put in the feather last night.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38
8  She stretched out her hand, and I went down on my knee and put it to my lips.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
9  I'll put 'em on the outside of the row.'
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVIII
10  had put in a funereal execution and taken possession.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXV
11  I've put away money, only for you to spend.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
12  Next day the clothes I had ordered all came home, and he put them on.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
13  But to give it you short and handy, I'll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLII
14  I was put in irons, brought to trial again, and sent for life.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLII
15  She put her left arm across the head of her stick, and softly laid her forehead on it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Add -ed to all these verbs to put them in the past tense.
2  Remember to put some address labels on the suitcases.
3  She had an ability to put people at their ease.
4  The agent put me on hold while she consulted a colleague.
5  We both refused to put our signatures to the agreement.
6  You need to put some air in the tyres.
7  Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
8  They put about and sailed for home.
9  I would put his age at about seventy.
10  Although she hated him, she put on a show of politeness.
11  The kids all put on a phoney American accent.
12  She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
13  Go on, put them out of their misery and announce the winner.
14  Don't put a limit on anything.
15  He put a proprietorial arm around her.