READ in a Sentence

Learn READ 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.
417 example sentences for READ, such as:
1. She now read his heart more accurately.
2. I blush to admit that I haven't read it.
3. You should read this article at some stage.
4. I read the article over and over till it made sense.
5. He was deeply read in books of chivalry and romance.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of READ
read
 v.  audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
 v.  be a student of a certain subject
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As I read, however, I applied much personally to my own feelings and condition.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
2  Many things I read surpassed my understanding and experience.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
4  I read it, as I had read the other volumes which had fallen into my hands, as a true history.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
5  There was so much to read for one thing and so much fine health to be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  He was deeply read in books of chivalry and romance.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  "I read somewhere that the sun's getting hotter every year," said Tom genially.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  He bears no letter of infamy wrought into his garment, as thou dost, but I shall read it on his heart.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
10  She now read his heart more accurately.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
11  The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, gave as much disappointment as pleasure.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
12  But it would have broke MY heart, had I loved him, to hear him read with so little sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
13  He has seen a great deal of the world; has been abroad, has read, and has a thinking mind.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
14  I read merely to understand their meaning, and they well repaid my labours.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
15  She read nothing but what they had been used to read together.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
Example Sentence: (207 in 14 pages)
1  I blush to admit that I haven't read it.
2  Learning to read as an adult is tough work, but you can win this battle if you try.
3  Where the press is free and every man able to read,all is free.
4  We took it as read that he must have been a KGB agent.
5  I read your proposal through last night and I think we'll agree to it.
6  Although he had had little formal education, he could read and write well.
7  Thos who eat most are not always fattest; those who read most, not always wisest.
8  People who travel by rail still read an immense amount.
9  You should read this article - it would repay your time.
10  You should read this article at some stage.
11  I read the article over and over till it made sense.
12  Search for knowledge, read more, sit on your front porch and admire the view without paying attention to your needs.
13  I've read the whole book from beginning to end and still can't understand it.
14  He sent off copies to various people for them to read and make comments.
15  Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.