SELECTION in a Sentence

Learn SELECTION 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.
184 example sentences for SELECTION, such as:
1. The new leader is a good selection.
2. It was not easy to make our selection.
3. The final team selection will be made tomorrow.
4. She failed to meet the stringent selection criteria.
5. She was the unanimous choice of the selection committee.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SELECTION
selection
 n.  a passage selected from a larger work
 n.  a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Classic Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
1  Aunt Pittypat rose hastily and asked Scarlett to favor them with a piano selection and a song.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  Then she hastily blundered into the opening bars of "Jacket of Gray" and stopped with a discord as she remembered how heartrending that selection was too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  The former, at Selden's approach, paused in the careful selection of a cigar from one of the silver boxes invitingly set out near the door.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
4  Now, this plan of Queequeg's, or rather Yojo's, touching the selection of our craft; I did not like that plan at all.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
5  That lady seemed at a loss to make a selection, but finally settled upon a stick of nougat, wondering if it were not too rich; whether it could possibly hurt her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IV
6  It was nearly two feet long, printed on calendered paper, with a selection of colors so bright that they shone even in the moonlight.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  When the foresters had made their selection, and distributed their prizes, the scout announced that the hour had arrived when it was necessary to move.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
8  In the division of the baubles the cunning Huron discovered no less art than in their selection.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
9  I regarded the selection of myself as being somewhat remarkable.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  I had no time for verification, no time for selection, no time for anything, for I had no time to spare.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
11  It was not a fit school generally for my son,' said she; 'far from it; but there were particular circumstances to be considered at the time, of more importance even than that selection.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20. STEERFORTH'S HOME
12  Stepan Arkadyevitch liked dining, but still better he liked to give a dinner, small, but very choice, both as regards the food and drink and as regards the selection of guests.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 7
13  Why, Connie, I should trust your natural instinct of decency and selection.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
14  Fanny found herself obliged to yield, that she might not be accused of pride or indifference, or some other littleness; and having with modest reluctance given her consent, proceeded to make the selection.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
15  After searching through it, he took out a selection of tools which he produced to lay beside him in orderly fashion.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  There is still a basic flaw in your selection procedure.
2  It looks as if the concept of the isolated gene as a unit of selection is an idealized abstraction from reality.
3  There's always a wide selection of delicious meals to choose from.
4  She was the unanimous choice of the selection committee.
5  It was not easy to make our selection.
6  Natural selection is a key element of Darwin's theory of evolution.
7  After more enquiries, a devout soccer fan gave me a selection to read.
8  The final team selection will be made tomorrow.
9  Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
10  The new leader is a good selection.
11  She failed to meet the stringent selection criteria.
12  His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season.
13  The selection process is based on rigorous tests of competence and experience.
14  Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.
15  These drawings represent a selection from a larger exhibition.