SOURCE in a Sentence

Learn SOURCE 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.
248 example sentences for SOURCE, such as:
1. The tiny window was the only source of light.
2. Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.
3. , of Stepney, the source and origin of the busts.
4. Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy.
5. We both looked up to determine the source of the water.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SOURCE
source
 n.  (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
 v.  get (a product) from another country or business
Classic Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
1  In the silence of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing noise which proceeded from the same source.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  It was a source of great satisfaction to him, he said--and, he was sure, to all others present--to feel that a long period of mistrust and misunderstanding had now come to an end.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
3  The source of the trouble appeared to be that Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington had each played an ace of spades simultaneously.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
4  With a large allowance for difference of tastes, and with all submission to the patricians of Coketown, this seemed so extraordinary a source of interest to take so much trouble about, that it perplexed him.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII
5  And it was a source of satisfaction to be playing piquet with a baronet, and even losing sixpences to him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
6  Mr. Yates was beginning now to understand Sir Thomas's intentions, though as far as ever from understanding their source.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  The instinct of nature was soon satisfied, and Mrs. Price's attachment had no other source.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
8  The deed thoroughly answered: a source of domestic altercation was entirely done away, and it was the means of opening Susan's heart to her, and giving her something more to love and be interested in.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
9  There was but one of his children who was not at this time a source of misery to him.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
10  I have it from the same source that you are both an orphan and a bachelor and are residing alone in London.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
11  I am, as you have no doubt surmised, endeavouring to trace these busts to their source, in order to find if there is not something peculiar which may account for their remarkable fate.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
12  , of Stepney, the source and origin of the busts.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
13  Even in our own time certain tendencies and desires, once necessary to survival, are a constant source of failure.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In IV
14  His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
15  Tell me, too, about all these things, oh daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK I
Example Sentence: (145 in 10 pages)
1  He wanted to have a source of income after his retirement; until then, he wouldn't require additional money.
2  Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.
3  The kernel of that message was that peace must not be a source of advantage or disad-vantage for anyone.
4  Fishing is the main source of livelihood for many people in the area.
5  Dreams can be a rich source of inspiration for an artist.
6  Experts are trying to track down the source of the contamination in the water supply.
7  The doctor opened up his stomach to get at the source of the trouble.
8  The tiny window was the only source of light.
9  Friendship is both a source of pleasure and a component of good health.
10  Disconnect the power source from the computer before opening the back.
11  Some kinds of batteries can be recharged by connecting them to a source of direct current.
12  We both looked up to determine the source of the water.
13  The object of their expedition was to discover the source of the River Nile.
14  Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.
15  Fruit is a convenient source of vitamins and energy.