REASON in a Sentence

Learn REASON 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 REASON, such as:
1. An animal has senses but no reason.
2. That's the only reason I'm actually going.
3. We appealed to reason to win our argument.
4. Where passion is high there reason is low.
5. Animals do not have the ability to reason.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of REASON
reason
 n.  an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
 n.  a justification for something existing or happening
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It seems to me, Stamford," I added, looking hard at my companion, "that you have some reason for washing your hands of the matter.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  I imagined at the time that he had some strong reason for not alluding to it, but he soon dispelled the idea by coming round to the subject of his own accord.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4  If my view of the case is correct, and I have every reason to believe that it is, this man would rather risk anything than lose the ring.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
5  Whatever the reason, Ferrier remained strictly celibate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
6  In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
7  In the every-day affairs of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so the other comes to be neglected.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
8  And now came the great question as to the reason why.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
9  If he had been one there was no reason to believe that he had ceased to be.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
10  There was no reason to suppose that he was going under an assumed name.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
11  They had all the more reason for doing so because the news of their defeat had spread across the countryside and made the animals on the neighbouring farms more restive than ever.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
12  He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
13  But they saw now that the Commandment had not been violated; for clearly there was good reason for killing the traitors who had leagued themselves with Snowball.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
14  The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him, especially as they could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the Rebellion.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
15  For a long time there had been rumours--circulated, he had reason to think, by some malignant enemy--that there was something subversive and even revolutionary in the outlook of himself and his colleagues.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Animals do not have the ability to reason.
2  When one is about to act, one must reason first.
3  We hope you will understand our reason for this action.
4  That's the only reason I'm actually going.
5  An animal has senses but no reason.
6  We appealed to reason to win our argument.
7  The reason I called was to ask about the plans for Saturday.
8  The acquired any reason to ask you, have a permanence is only a short do.
9  A small worry in the back of your mind can for no apparent reason assume/take on massive proportions in the middle of the night.
10  The reason why people give up so quickly is because they look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have come.
11  I fully understand the reason for your decision.
12  Before you give up ,think of the reason why you held on so long.
13  Remember: Whatever happens,happens for a reason.
14  Where passion is high there reason is low.
15  Whom God would ruin, he first deprives of reason.