REPLACE in a Sentence

Learn REPLACE 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.
259 example sentences for REPLACE, such as:
1. Please replace the books after reading.
2. He asked himself what would replace this.
3. Mourn for us in haste, and replace us with speed.
4. He's bought me a smart new camera to replace my old one.
5. The new design will eventually replace all existing models.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of REPLACE
replace
 v.  put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
 v.  put something back where it belongs
Classic Sentence: (147 in 10 pages)
1  The railroads needed new cars to take the place of old ones and new iron rails to replace those torn up by the Yankees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  These days it was so hard to replace iron rails, to replace anything made of iron.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  The negroes she passed turned insolent grins at her and laughed among themselves as she hurried by, slipping and sliding in the mud, stopping, panting to replace her slippers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  The house had originally been two stories high but the upper floor had been destroyed by shells during the siege and the owner, returning after the surrender, had lacked the money to replace it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  An eagle flew thrice round Tarquin's head, removing his cap to replace it, and thereupon Tanaquil, his wife, declared that Tarquin would be king of Rome.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
6  He asked himself what would replace this.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
7  Mourn for us in haste, and replace us with speed.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH
8  To replace thought with revery is to confound a poison with a food.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
9  From fifty to sixty Musketeers, who appeared to replace one another in order always to present an imposing number, paraded constantly, armed to the teeth and ready for anything.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
10  "A moment," cried d'Artagnan, making them a sign to replace in the scabbard their half-drawn swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
11  These men stirred not, excepting now and then, under the direction of one who seemed their chief, to shift and replace the ready fuel.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
12  He had called them into view, and it was not easy to replace the shroud that had so long concealed them.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
13  At this instant, Mrs. Bumble stepped hastily forward to replace the carpet, which had been kicked up in the scuffle.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  Any injury to it would be almost as serious as its complete loss, for there are no beryls in the world to match these, and it would be impossible to replace them.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
15  Nothing could replace him, therefore, in her former esteem, nor injure the interests of Colonel Brandon.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47
Example Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
1  Some memory, to be able to erase; Just as some people,to be able to replace.
2  The gorgeous words,weak language,actually cannot replace what.
3  He's bought me a smart new camera to replace my old one.
4  You will need to drain the central heating system before you replace the radiator.
5  Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure.
6  The new design will eventually replace all existing models.
7  Any sudden inspiration in fact can not replace the long-term Kung fu.
8  Do a global search for 'organise' and replace it with 'organize'.
9  The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
10  The new bridge was erected as a temporary measure to replace the one which was destroyed by floods.
11  It's hard to say somebody is good, but still nobody can replace.
12  There's some rotting woodwork on the outside of the house that we need to replace.
13  More important, in the civic culture participant political orientations combine with and do not replace subject and parochial political orientations.
14  Please replace the books after reading.
15  The Treasury Department plans to remove older coins from circulation and replace them with new ones.