SUBJECT in a Sentence
Learn SUBJECT 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.
420 example sentences for SUBJECT, such as:
1. Verb and subject must agree in person.
2. I am quite unqualified to talk on this subject.
3. He's giving a broad brush approach to the subject.
4. Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject.
5. The author illuminates the subject with many examples.
2. I am quite unqualified to talk on this subject.
3. He's giving a broad brush approach to the subject.
4. Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject.
5. The author illuminates the subject with many examples.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SUBJECT
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subject
n. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
a. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Clerval, whose eyes and feelings were always quick in discerning the sensations of others, declined the subject, alleging, in excuse, his total ignorance; and the conversation took a more general turn.
2 Krempe had now commenced an eulogy on himself, which happily turned the conversation from a subject that was so annoying to me.
3 It was an historical subject, painted at my father's desire, and represented Caroline Beaufort in an agony of despair, kneeling by the coffin of her dead father.
4 He sat up much longer, conversing with his father, and by the frequent repetition of her name I conjectured that their lovely guest was the subject of their conversation.
5 The expression of your sentiments of this subject, my dear Victor, gives me more pleasure than I have for some time experienced.
6 But a blight had come over my existence, and I only visited these people for the sake of the information they might give me on the subject in which my interest was so terribly profound.
7 The conclusion of this speech convinced my father that my ideas were deranged, and he instantly changed the subject of our conversation and endeavoured to alter the course of my thoughts.
8 The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and as Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom the subject of the stables, in fact all subjects, vanished into air.
9 I waited but she didn't say any more, and after a moment I returned rather feebly to the subject of her daughter.
10 "Now you're started on the subject," she answered with a wan smile.
11 "Anyhow he gives large parties," said Jordan, changing the subject with an urbane distaste for the concrete.
12 When the subject of this instinctive trust returned to the table and sat down Mr. Wolfshiem drank his coffee with a jerk and got to his feet.
13 But the sea in those old times heaved, swelled, and foamed very much at its own will, or subject only to the tempestuous wind, with hardly any attempts at regulation by human law.
14 His subject, it appeared, had been the relation between the Deity and the communities of mankind, with a special reference to the New England which they were here planting in the wilderness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context Highlight In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
Context Highlight In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
15 It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The books in the library are classified by/according to subject.
2 The books in the library are classified according to subject.
3 The movie has been rated 'R' due to adult subject matter.
4 Verb and subject must agree in person.
5 Food, like sex, is a subject of almost universal interest.
6 I knew a lot about the subject already, but her talk was interesting nevertheless.
7 I am quite unqualified to talk on this subject.
8 It's a science in that it can be measured by results and is subject to methodological analysis.
9 The issue of animal experimentation is an emotive subject.
10 He's giving a broad brush approach to the subject.
11 She wrote a seminal article on the subject while she was still a student.
12 Her attitude lends a fresh perspective to the subject.
13 Author and subject indexes are available on a library database.
14 The author illuminates the subject with many examples.
15 He is out of question the greatest authority on this subject now living.