SAW in a Sentence

Learn SAW 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.
364 example sentences for SAW, such as:
1. I saw Tom three days ago.
2. I saw him three months ago today.
3. We saw smoke suspended in the still air.
4. He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
5. I saw a few familiar faces among the crowd.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SAW
saw
 n.  a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
 v.  cut with a saw
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  He saw me looking with admiration at his car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  As my taxi groaned away I saw Gatsby walking toward me across his lawn.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  He might think he saw a connection in it--he might think anything.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  The drawing-room curtains were open, and I saw that the room was empty.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  "I saw it in the Chicago newspaper," he said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
8  One afternoon late in October I saw Tom Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  Suddenly he saw me and walked back holding out his hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
10  Pearl saw, and gazed intently, but never sought to make acquaintance.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
11  The minister saw nothing further of her motions.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
12  Henry saw this, and had removed all my apparatus from my view.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
13  Marianne saw and listened with increasing surprise.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
14  Elinor saw, with great uneasiness the low spirits of her friend.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
15  "I never saw you wear a ring before, Edward," she cried.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
Example Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  A correspondent for Reuters news agency says he saw a number of demonstrators being beaten.
2  I saw Tom three days ago.
3  I saw him three months ago today.
4  He looked ahead in the distance and saw a river.
5  He redoubled his speed when he saw the finishing line ahead.
6  When he saw the land ahead, the swimmer redoubled his speed.
7  We saw smoke suspended in the still air.
8  I saw Mary fetching about hither and thither.
9  I saw them running together along the road yesterday.
10  I saw a few familiar faces among the crowd.
11  He shuddered when he saw the dead animal.
12  He thought he saw someone lurking above the chamber during the address.
13  I was absolutely staggered when I saw the bill.
14  Police are urging anyone who saw the accident to contact them immediately.
15  Anyone who saw us doing this would think we were off our trolleys.