RECESS in a Sentence
Learn RECESS 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.
99 example sentences for RECESS, such as:
1. The conference broke for a recess.
2. Now he halted in the recess of the window.
3. Parliament went into its long summer recess.
4. The trial was recessed by the presiding judge.
5. There might well be a recess behind the books.
2. Now he halted in the recess of the window.
3. Parliament went into its long summer recess.
4. The trial was recessed by the presiding judge.
5. There might well be a recess behind the books.
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Meanings and Examples of RECESS
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recess
n. a small concavity
n. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
Classic Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1 A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened.
2 But it took some getting at, the core of the physical jungle, the last and deepest recess of organic shame.
3 The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave.
4 There were some ragged children in another corner; and in a small recess, opposite the door, there lay upon the ground, something covered with an old blanket.
5 'Nobody shall go near her,' said the man, starting fiercely up, as the undertaker approached the recess.
6 The photograph is in a recess behind a sliding panel just above the right bell-pull.
7 Now he halted in the recess of the window.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Context Highlight In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
8 With tingling nerves but a fixed purpose, I sat in the dark recess of the hut and waited with sombre patience for the coming of its tenant.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
Context Highlight In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
9 There might well be a recess behind the books.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
10 Jo saw a big red headed youth approaching her corner, and fearing he meant to engage her, she slipped into a curtained recess, intending to peep and enjoy herself in peace.
11 It's nothing but limes now, for everyone is sucking them in their desks in schooltime, and trading them off for pencils, bead rings, paper dolls, or something else, at recess.
12 "You will now stand on the platform till recess," said Mr. Davis, resolved to do the thing thoroughly, since he had begun.
13 Mr. Bhaer soon joined her, looking rather out of his element, and presently several of the philosophers, each mounted on his hobby, came ambling up to hold an intellectual tournament in the recess.
14 I let Mrs. Fairfax precede me into the dining-room, and kept in her shade as we crossed that apartment; and, passing the arch, whose curtain was now dropped, entered the elegant recess beyond.
15 I step aside into the ivy recess; he will not stay long: he will soon return whence he came, and if I sit still he will never see me.
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1 They found a small recess in the one nearest the base of the rock, with a pallet of blankets spread down in it; also an old suspender, some bacon rind, and the well-gnawed bones of two or three fowls.
2 They found the recess of tides in the one nearest base of the rock.
3 The conference broke for a recess.
4 Parliament went into its long summer recess.
5 The trial was recessed by the presiding judge.
6 Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars.
7 Many small businesses have fallen victim to the recession.
8 The country is presently in the throes of the worst recession since the second world war.
9 Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.
10 The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.
11 Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
12 Tax cuts will boost consumer confidence after the recession.
13 Consumer spending is buffering the effects of the recession.
14 Government policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.
15 The business is still in crisis but it has survived the worst of the recession.