RECORD in a Sentence

Learn RECORD 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.
307 example sentences for RECORD, such as:
1. My song for ever shall record.
2. His new record is much too commercial.
3. My dad's got a huge record collection.
4. Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.
5. Remember to set the video to record the film.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RECORD
record
 v.  be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
 v.  indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Classic Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
1  They don't need me among their number, either to brighten the record of patriotism or to increase the roll of paupers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Every line of his slender body spoke of generations of brave and gallant men and Scarlett knew his war record by heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
3  "I thought you were ashamed of your war record," she said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
4  The lady's offences were always against taste rather than conduct; her divorce record seemed due to geographical rather than ethical conditions; and her worst laxities were likely to proceed from a wandering and extravagant good-nature.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
5  An association lurked in every fold: each fall of lace and gleam of embroidery was like a letter in the record of her past.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
6  She was the one who could be depended upon to appreciate the Caruso phonograph record, and the Chinese lantern which Mr. Marbury had brought back as his present from San Francisco.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  My song for ever shall record.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
8  One reason perhaps is, that not one in fifty of the actual disasters and deaths by casualties in the fishery, ever finds a public record at home, however transient and immediately forgotten that record.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
9  Interweaving in its proper place this darker thread with the story as publicly narrated on the ship, the whole of this strange affair I now proceed to put on lasting record.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
10  It is upon record, that three centuries ago the tongue of the Right Whale was esteemed a great delicacy in France, and commanded large prices there.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.
11  Then Jokubas pointed out the place where the cattle were driven to be weighed, upon a great scale that would weigh a hundred thousand pounds at once and record it automatically.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  "The guv'ner" had made threats to disinherit another of his children also, sister Gwendolen, who had married an Italian marquis with a string of titles and a dueling record.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
13  It would be pleasant to record that he swore off drinking immediately, and all the rest of his bad habits with it; but that would hardly be exact.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
14  Arms, legs, and feet were encircled in twenty folds of the thong, in less time than we have taken to record the circumstance.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
15  I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (207 in 14 pages)
1  Her record of dismissals casts doubt on her ability to hold down a job.
2  He describes his latest record as 'a synthesis of African and Latin rhythms'.
3  The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.
4  The record has been in the Top Ten for three weeks.
5  If possible, select pairs of fish that already have a track record for breeding.
6  The job needs someone with a good track record in investment.
7  We're looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising.
8  The video was pre-set to record the match.
9  Remember to set the video to record the film.
10  If your next record's a bit iffy, you're forgotten.
11  Her brother runs a record shop in Chester.
12  Center Steve Yzerman surpassed the Red Wings' team record length of term as team captain.
13  I certainly don't have anything to prove-my record speaks for itself.
14  My dad's got a huge record collection.
15  His new record is much too commercial.