RESCUE in a Sentence

Learn RESCUE 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.
121 example sentences for RESCUE, such as:
1. I won't need you to rescue me.
2. The rescue mission had to be aborted.
3. Our rescue was the deed of Providence.
4. The navy are on a search and rescue mission.
5. Carol waited till Kennicott should rescue her.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of RESCUE
rescue
 v.  free from harm or evil
 v.  take forcibly from legal custody
Classic Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1  And perhaps, I'm staying here to rescue you when the siege does come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  I won't need you to rescue me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  He responded joyfully that to do so was his mission in life, and asked what form the rescue was to take.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
4  The episode of Nettie Crane's timely rescue from disease had been one of the most satisfying incidents of her connection with Gerty's charitable work.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
5  Carol waited till Kennicott should rescue her.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  The next, a loud splash announced that my brave Queequeg had dived to the rescue.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
7  As he sullenly swam off, the boats flew to the rescue.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
8  More than once they put their wits together to rescue some unfortunate farmer from the clutches of Wick Cutter, the Black Hawk money-lender.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
9  The first generous impulse of Duncan was to rush to the rescue of the hapless wretch; but he felt himself bound to the spot by the iron grasp of the immovable scout.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
10  Her hands were clasped before her in prayer, but instead of looking upward toward that power which alone could rescue them, her unconscious looks wandered to the countenance of Duncan with infantile dependency.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
11  Our rescue was the deed of Providence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
12  Their common superior, so far from encouraging them to resist, advised a speedy surrender, urging in the plainest language, as a reason, the utter impossibility of his sending a single man to their rescue.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
13  I too can play the madman, the fool, the hero; in short, any or everything to rescue her I love.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
14  He had considered the time, he said, to be one in which it was the duty of every little piece to rescue itself if possible.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
15  A key is thrown in, which unlocks the door, and in a spasm of rapture he tears off his chains and rushes away to find and rescue his lady love.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
Example Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1  The rescue operation began on Friday afternoon.
2  The farm was in / under constant requisition as a base for the rescue team.
3  The climbers face certain death if the rescue today is unsuccessful.
4  Astronauts will make a final attempt today to rescue a communications satellite from its useless orbit.
5  How many days you heal the wounded and rescue the dying, fighting in the first line.
6  The possibility of rescue now seemed remote indeed.
7  The management are putting together a plan/proposal/package to rescue the company.
8  The rescue mission had to be aborted.
9  The navy are on a search and rescue mission.
10  Within an hour of the ship transmitting an SOS , six boats had arrived and started a rescue operation.
11  A big rescue operation has been launched for a trawler missing in the English Channel.
12  The UN rescue operation started shortly after dawn.
13  A lifeboat came to rescue the people on the sinking ship.
14  Whale and dolphin rescue is an international issue.
15  A wealthy sponsor came to our rescue with a generous donation.