STATEMENT in a Sentence

Learn STATEMENT 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.
211 example sentences for STATEMENT, such as:
1. She could not credit their statement.
2. We found his statement hard to credit.
3. He made a scathing attack on the statement.
4. Her lawyer made a statement outside the court.
5. There is a degree of ambiguity in this statement.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of STATEMENT
statement
 n.  the act of affirming or asserting or stating something
 n.  a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
Classic Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1  That was a plain statement of the cloudy purpose which had driven him in headlong to Starkfield.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  "I should cry into my pillow every night," said Scarlett, meaning to be flippant, but he took the statement at face value and went red with pleasure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Everyone knew there had never been a cowardly Confederate soldier and they found this statement peculiarly irritating.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  This ungallant statement sent her flying to the mirror to see if she really did look twenty-eight instead of eighteen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  But that was the kind of statement which meant less than nothing at all to Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
6  For a moment, the breath went out of Scarlett's lungs in a sickening gasp and she could only stare at the fat old lady who was so obviously pleased at the effect of her statement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
7  Otherwise, he would never have made so ridiculous a statement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  Will closed by wishing her happiness, a laconic formal statement which he qualified in no way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  Frank had listened to this statement calmly too, and had asked no questions.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
10  To her surprise and indignation he laughed at Mammy's statement about mules in horse harness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
11  Before the ladies could recover from their shocked astonishment at her statement and at a spinster mentioning such a matter, Melanie was standing in the doorway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
12  If he was startled at her unexpected statement he did not show it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
13  She made the statement clearly, deliberately, with pauses between the sentences, so that each should have time to sink deeply into her hearer's mind.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
14  Rosedale received this statement in silence: he seemed to feel the note of finality in her voice, yet to be unable to accept it as closing the question between them.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
15  Here then, from three impartial witnesses, I had a deliberate statement of the entire case.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
Example Sentence: (130 in 9 pages)
1  The French news agency put out a statement from the Trade Minister.
2  The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency.
3  Put a tick in the box if you agree with this statement.
4  He made a scathing attack on the statement.
5  The statement argues a change of attitude by the management.
6  The minister's statement provides reinforcement for the view that tax cuts are likely in the budget.
7  In a halting voice she said that she wished to make a statement.
8  Her statement was a clear expression of her views on this subject.
9  Your statement is in conflict with the rest of the evidence.
10  The Government produced in the autumn statement a graph of consumer confidence.
11  Her lawyer made a statement outside the court.
12  We found his statement hard to credit.
13  She could not credit their statement.
14  There is a degree of ambiguity in this statement.
15  This statement must be understood in the context of the entire document.