RACE in a Sentence

Learn RACE 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.
364 example sentences for RACE, such as:
1. Slow and steady wins the race.
2. She has watched the race on video.
3. It was a tough race and I had to pace myself.
4. The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.
5. If he continues to keep ahead, he will win the race.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of RACE
race
 v.  to work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others
 n.  (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms is neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART NINE
2  He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART TWELVE
3  To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In I
4  A people thus handicapped ought not to be asked to race with the world, but rather allowed to give all its time and thought to its own social problems.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In I
5  Thus Negro suffrage ended a civil war by beginning a race feud.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
6  And some felt gratitude toward the race thus sacrificed in its swaddling clothes on the altar of national integrity; and some felt and feel only indifference and contempt.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
7  Nearly all the former ones had become leaders by the silent suffrage of their fellows, had sought to lead their own people alone, and were usually, save Douglass, little known outside their race.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
8  The rich and dominating North, however, was not only weary of the race problem, but was investing largely in Southern enterprises, and welcomed any method of peaceful cooperation.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
9  He insists on thrift and self-respect, but at the same time counsels a silent submission to civic inferiority such as is bound to sap the manhood of any race in the long run.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
10  The South ought to be led, by candid and honest criticism, to assert her better self and do her full duty to the race she has cruelly wronged and is still wronging.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
11  The foundations of knowledge in this race, as in others, must be sunk deep in the college and university if we would build a solid, permanent structure.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VI
12  Once in debt, it is no easy matter for a whole race to emerge.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
13  We feel and know that there are many delicate differences in race psychology, numberless changes that our crude social measurements are not yet able to follow minutely, which explain much of history and social development.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
14  It is my present task, therefore, to indicate, from my point of view, how the black race in the South meet and mingle with the whites in these matters of everyday life.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
15  I have said that there are few instances of a member of my race betraying a specific trust.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I.
Example Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  He's already in training for the big race against Bailey.
2  If he continues to keep ahead, he will win the race.
3  If only our horse can get ahead of the leading runner,it can win the race.
4  Slow and steady wins the race.
5  It was a tough race and I had to pace myself.
6  The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.
7  You will never have a quiet world until you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
8  She has watched the race on video.
9  The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
10  The tortosis wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
11  It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.
12  She didn't win every race, but she was the overall winner.
13  We paced out one hundered meters and then begin to have a race.
14  The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.
15  Several players began to lag behind even at the beginning of the race.