SUBSTANCES in a Sentence
Learn SUBSTANCES 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.
89 example sentences for SUBSTANCES, such as:
1. No substance to her or anything.
2. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
3. This substance is soluble in alcohol.
4. Soil consists of various chemical substances.
5. I have told you the substance of all that she said.
2. Melted tar is a viscous substance.
3. This substance is soluble in alcohol.
4. Soil consists of various chemical substances.
5. I have told you the substance of all that she said.
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Meanings and Examples of SUBSTANCES
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substance
n. what a communication that is about something is about
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1 Because your palate his not yet been attuned to the sublimity of the substances it flavors.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
2 Though the word ambergris is but the French compound for grey amber, yet the two substances are quite distinct.
3 These tales and rumours took substance and shape, and were corroborated and re-corroborated, until they resolved themselves into a definite name.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
4 It was a daylight bird, chuckling over the substance and succulence of the day, over worms, snails, grit, even in sleep.
5 The floor was composed of earth mixed with lime, trodden into a hard substance, such as is often employed in flooring our modern barns.
6 No substance to her or anything.
7 Her body was going meaningless, going dull and opaque, so much insignificant substance.
8 This, as well as I understand, is to be the substance of my information.
9 Their substance was great anger at the folly of each.
10 I have told you the substance of all that she said.
11 Mr. Bolter put his hand to his neckerchief, as if he felt it inconveniently tight; and murmured an assent, qualified in tone but not in substance.
12 This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here.
13 The groundwork of the face was hopefulness; but over it now I ay like a foreign substance a film of anxiety and grief.
14 He was permeated with its scenes, with its substance, and with its odours.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
15 The superstratum of timidity which often overlies those who are daring and defiant at heart had been passed through, and the mettlesome substance of the woman was reached.
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1 There's absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don't include poisonous substances.
2 Soil consists of various chemical substances.
3 These are substances which specifically latch onto the protein on the cell membrane.
4 Compare the physical properties of the two substances.
5 To compare the effect of different substances on gastric acid secretion proper control solutions comparable with the test solution should be used.
6 Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
7 The substances will fuse at a very high temperature.
8 This nostrum is a compound of some of the ordinary foods with certain well-known aromatic and carminative substances.
9 This substance is soluble in alcohol.
10 We must seek an antidote for whatever toxic substance he has eaten.
11 The point is that the most vacuous of the vacuous draws big crowds and media and it doesn't imbue them with substance.
12 When a hive is threatened, bees release a pheromone-like substance which is called an alarm odor.
13 Melted tar is a viscous substance.
14 There is not anything of real substance in their book.
15 Chlorophyll is a green substance in plants that absorbs energy from sunlight and helps them grow.