STEAL in a Sentence
Learn STEAL 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.
135 example sentences for STEAL, such as:
1. He that will lie will steal.
2. It is against the law to steal.
3. She had to steal food just to stay alive.
4. All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.
5. One man asked me if I see the niggers steal it.
2. It is against the law to steal.
3. She had to steal food just to stay alive.
4. All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.
5. One man asked me if I see the niggers steal it.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of STEAL
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steal
n. an advantageous purchase
n. a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
Classic Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1 He tried to steal sugar under his aunt's very nose, and got his knuckles rapped for it.
2 But with the closing sentence his hand began to curve and steal forward; and the instant the "Amen" was out the fly was a prisoner of war.
3 Presently the boy began to steal furtive glances at the girl.
4 Gradually their talk died out and drowsiness began to steal upon the eyelids of the little waifs.
5 As the sun began to steal in upon the boys, drowsiness came over them, and they went out on the sandbar and lay down to sleep.
6 I judged he would be blind drunk in about an hour, and then I would steal the key, or saw myself out, one or t'other.
7 I got to steal that money, somehow; and I got to steal it some way that they won't suspicion that I done it.
8 I'll steal it and hide it; and by and by, when I'm away down the river, I'll write a letter and tell Mary Jane where it's hid.
9 One man asked me if I see the niggers steal it.
10 Well, one thing was dead sure, and that was that Tom Sawyer was in earnest, and was actuly going to help steal that nigger out of slavery.
11 He said if we warn't prisoners it would be a very different thing, and nobody but a mean, ornery person would steal when he warn't a prisoner.
12 So we allowed we would steal everything there was that come handy.
13 Tom said that what he meant was, we could steal anything we needed.
14 When I start in to steal a nigger, or a watermelon, or a Sunday-school book, I ain't no ways particular how it's done so it's done.
15 Stories of gypsies, who steal children, are not at all in vogue in this part of the world, and would not be believed.
Example Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 One man may steal a horse, while another may not look over the hedge.
2 Take time when time cometh, lest time steal away.
3 Take time when time comes lest time steal away.
4 He accused his younger brother of trying to steal his rightful inheritance.
5 These thieves operate with terrifying stealth - they can easily steal from the pockets of unsuspecting travellers.
6 There is no wealth like unto knowledge, for thieves cannot steal it.
7 He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
8 It is against the law to steal.
9 He that will lie will steal.
10 He was afraid another scholar was going to steal a march on him and publish first.
11 All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.
12 She had to steal food just to stay alive.
13 If its strategy succeeds, Mexico could even steal a march on its northern neighbour.
14 Lana began to avow that she never meant to steal Debbie's boyfriend.
15 It is just plain malicious software designed to corrupt your device or steal your information.