START in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for START, such as:
1. The kids start school next week.
2. No use to take it away till we start south.
3. We'll have a fresh start for the year ahead.
4. Our bus won't start because the battery is flat.
5. The worker depressed the lever to start the machine.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of START
start
 v.  bulge outward
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Martha gave a little start, as if she remembered something.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  She surprised him several times by seeming to start up beside him as if she sprang out of the earth.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  "That'd be a fine start for him," said Susan Sowerby.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  The Black Avenger of the Spanish Main said it would never do to start without some fire.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  No use to take it away till we start south.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  Now, we'll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer's Gang.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II.
7  I waited till I reckoned he had got a good start; then I out with my saw, and went to work on that log again.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII.
8  I took a good gap and a stretch, and was just going to unhitch and start when I heard a sound away over the water.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII.
9  I was pretty hungry, but it warn't going to do for me to start a fire, because they might see the smoke.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
10  I didn't know her face; she was a stranger, for you couldn't start a face in that town that I didn't know.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X.
11  Then he said he must start in and "'terpret" it, because it was sent for a warning.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV.
12  There warn't no way but to wait for dark, and start back in the canoe and take the chances.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI.
13  No you wont, you'll start now; and don't you lose any time about it, neither, nor do any gabbling by the way.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI.
14  At this sight Franz felt the perspiration start forth upon his brow.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata.
15  He was finishing the last line when a cry behind him made him start, and the pen fell from his hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He actually enjoys his new hair-style and has decided to start showing it off.
2  Babies start to get mobile around the age of eight months.
3  There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible.
4  We'll have a fresh start for the year ahead.
5  An early start will get us well ahead before the crowds.
6  Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
7  He told the children to start moving clockwise around the room.
8  Let's assume for the sake of argument that we can't start till March.
9  When we start with a positive attitude and view themselves as successful when we start a success.
10  According to my information work was due to start last week.
11  Our bus won't start because the battery is flat.
12  The President's official visit marks the start of a more fraternal relationship between the two countries.
13  The kids start school next week.
14  I'll start her off on some fairly basic stuff and see how she gets on.
15  The worker depressed the lever to start the machine.