SECURE in a Sentence

Learn SECURE 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.
412 example sentences for SECURE, such as:
1. A guilty conscience never feels secure.
2. Tie the two ropes together with a secure knot.
3. There is no magic wand to secure a just peace.
4. I don't feel secure when I am alone in the house.
5. Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SECURE
secure
 v.  get by special effort
 v.  make certain of
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It took fifty years to secure the approval of all the Councils for the Candle, and to decide upon the number needed, and to re-fit the Plans so as to make candles instead of torches.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART SEVEN
2  For during these times in which good men governed, he will see the prince secure in the midst of happy subjects, and the whole world filled with peace and justice.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X.
3  Undoubtedly those princes are to be reckoned unhappy, who, to secure their position, are forced to advance by unusual and irregular paths, and with the people for their enemies.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI.
4  Thus the desire to secure its own liberty prompted each faction to make itself strong enough to oppress the other.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVI.
5  This compromise satisfied the commons, who thought they would thus get rid of the consulship, and secure the highest offices of the State for their own order.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVII.
6  So far as the Latins are concerned, you can secure a lasting peace either by clemency or by severity.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIII.
7  Here, again, we see, what has already been noted, how prone men are to adopt wrong courses, and how often they miss their object when they think to secure it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXV.
8  So that while the one, to secure the obedience of his soldiers, put his own son to death, the other never dealt harshly with any man.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: Chapter XXII.—That the severity of Manlius Torquatus and ...
9  The latter he can secure by discipline and by his reputation for valour.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: Chapter XXII.—That the severity of Manlius Torquatus and ...
10  Whereupon, he was sent by the consul with three thousand men to secure the height, and so saved the Roman army.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXIX.
11  political power to governors for the benefit of their subjects, to secure them in the possession and use of their properties.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which, in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy, had made the king master of two-thirds of Italy.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
13  After which victory, Darius being killed, the state remained secure to Alexander, for the above reasons.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEX...
14  For this reason they are very slow to take up arms, and a prince can gain them to himself and secure them much more easily.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V — CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCI...
15  It was his intention to secure himself against them, and this he would have quickly accomplished had Alexander lived.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  A guilty conscience never feels secure.
2  I don't feel secure when I am alone in the house.
3  Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.
4  He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
5  Tie the two ropes together with a secure knot.
6  By reorganizing the church hierarchy, the king was able to secure the appointment of men whom he personally favoured.
7  No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
8  Companies can offer secure credit card transactions over the internet.
9  Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment.
10  Children can act out their fantasies in a secure environment.
11  Federal leaders continued their efforts to secure a ceasefire.
12  Most countries try to preserve their international credit rating in order to secure necessary loans.
13  Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
14  There is no magic wand to secure a just peace.
15  Firmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.