SPLIT in a Sentence
Learn SPLIT 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.
94 example sentences for SPLIT, such as:
1. A piercing scream split the air.
2. Ashley wasn't bred to plow and split rails.
3. Let's split the cost right down the middle.
4. The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere.
5. They were split up into groups to close the enemy.
2. Ashley wasn't bred to plow and split rails.
3. Let's split the cost right down the middle.
4. The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere.
5. They were split up into groups to close the enemy.
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Meanings and Examples of SPLIT
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split
n. extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
n. an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Classic Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
1 He backed his big red horse and then, putting spurs to his side, lifted him easily over the split rail fence into the soft field of Gerald O'Hara's plantation.
2 As she half rose from her seat to look closer, the giant caught sight of her and his black face split in a grin of delighted recognition.
3 When he was able to totter about the house, he turned his hands to weaving baskets of split oak and mending the furniture ruined by the Yankees.
4 She could hear the sound of the axe ringing as Ashley split into rails the logs hauled from the swamp.
5 She would rather split logs herself than suffer while he did it.
6 Ashley wasn't bred to plow and split rails.
7 Jim Tarleton, little Hugh Munroe, Alex Fontaine and old man McRae's youngest grandson came slowly and awkwardly down the path from the house bearing Gerald's coffin on two lengths of split oak.
8 Immediately the fires which smoldered beneath tight basques flamed wildly and the two organizations split up and glared hostilely.
9 Scarlett, looking sorrowfully down the long vista of years to come, knew that she was the cause of a feud that would split the town and the family for generations.
10 But now they were split in twain and the town was privileged to witness cousins of the fifth and sixth degree taking sides in the most shattering scandal Atlanta had ever seen.
11 Even his own party was split, so great had public indignation become.
12 Meadow larks called from the tops of thin split fence-posts.
13 On this rock every one of the whale-naturalists has split.
14 This is the sort of weather when brave hearts snap ashore, and keeled hulls split at sea.
15 How the wild winds blow it; they whip it about me as the torn shreds of split sails lash the tossed ship they cling to.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open.
2 A piercing scream split the air.
3 Although purists may object to split infinitives, like 'to boldly go', the fact is, they are commonly used.
4 The Kremlin is deeply split in its approach to foreign policy.
5 All exhibits are for sale, the proceeds being split between Oxfam and the artist.
6 The bag split, and sugar spilled everywhere.
7 Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school.
8 It was feared that the issue would split the church.
9 They were split up into groups to close the enemy.
10 Let's split the cost right down the middle.
11 The data transmission is split into a number of packets of equal size.
12 A serious split in the ruling coalition appeared soon after the election.
13 The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.
14 When they split up she flung herself into her work to try to forget him.
15 I only saw the man for a split second as he ran past.