REPRESENT in a Sentence

Learn REPRESENT 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.
351 example sentences for REPRESENT, such as:
1. I can only represent it to you by metaphors.
2. But I leave my partner to represent the firm.
3. A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.
4. These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
5. I will represent the official police until their arrival.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of REPRESENT
represent
 v.  be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
 v.  point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
Classic Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
1  No sewage, no street cleaning, and the Lutheran minister and the priest represent the arts and sciences.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  Respectively, they represent attacks on the Sperm and Right Whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and...
3  Their plaintive and terrific cry, which was intended to represent equally the wailings of the dead and the triumph to the victors, had entirely ceased.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
4  The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The hats of a regiment should properly represent the history of headgear for a period of years.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  For helpers, issuing swiftly from the bushes, carrying hurdles, had enclosed the Queen's throne with screens papered to represent walls.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
7  But who was to represent the Queen of Beauty and of Love on the present occasion no one was prepared to guess.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  I will represent the official police until their arrival.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
9  Watson, you are a British jury, and I never met a man who was more eminently fitted to represent one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
10  Should I bring it to a successful conclusion, it will certainly represent the crowning glory of my career.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
11  But, in truth, Pearl was the one as well as the other; and only in consequence of that identity had Hester contrived so perfectly to represent the scarlet letter in her appearance.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
12  It was in vain to represent to her that some conveniences, tea perhaps included, resulted from this objectionable practice.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
13  It was sad to see him struggling between his desire to represent it to me as a matter of choice on his part, and his inability to conceal that it was forced upon him.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
14  But I leave my partner to represent the firm.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
15  Good sir, allow me to represent to you that I am a Government officer.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1  The idea that TV shows like "Dallas" or "Dynasty" represent typical American life is laughable.
2  I really believe that we would get an attorney and we would represent ourselves.
3  Mr Kobayashi was chosen to represent the company at the conference.
4  They chose a famous barrister to represent them in court.
5  The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.
6  A lawyer was appointed to represent the child.
7  They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school.
8  We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great — hard work.
9  These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy.
10  Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population.
11  I can only represent it to you by metaphors.
12  The legend of king arthur represent the apotheosis of chivalry.
13  These proposals represent a realistic starting point for negotiation.
14  They have delegated him to represent their city at the convention.
15  These bomb attacks represent a change of tactics by the terrorists.