SUFFICIENT in a Sentence

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246 example sentences for SUFFICIENT, such as:
1. A few brief comments are sufficient for present purposes.
2. The bank had sufficient liquid assets to continue operations.
3. Gas was detected in sufficient quantity to warrant careful monitoring.
4. The Senate had a sufficient majority to override the presidential veto.
5. He tried to push the door open, but he didn't have sufficient leverage.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SUFFICIENT
sufficient
 a.  of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Loud as it was, it was not sufficient to rouse the two tired wayfarers above them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
3  His two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right," seemed to him a sufficient answer to all problems.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
4  They saw it but for a glimpse, for the window was instantly thrust down; but that glimpse had been sufficient, and they turned and left the court without a word.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW
5  The simple circumstance of being left alone with her husband and Mr. Bounderby, was sufficient to stun this admirable lady again without collision between herself and any other fact.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV
6  He knew Rachael well, for a glance at any one of these groups was sufficient to show him that she was not there.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
7  A few books and writings were on an old bureau in a corner, the furniture was decent and sufficient, and, though the atmosphere was tainted, the room was clean.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
8  Tom had sat upon the bed, swinging one leg and sucking his walking-stick with sufficient unconcern, until the visit had attained this stage.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
9  Each maintained his opinion with sufficient obstinacy, as is usual in all such cases; the attendants were appealed to, but they had not been near enough to hear Wamba's directions.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
10  "It is sufficient," said the Disinherited Knight.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
11  In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
12  The Lady Rowena is desirous to return to Rotherwood, and must be escorted by a sufficient force.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
13  Less than one half of this weighty evidence would have been sufficient to convict any old woman, poor and ugly, even though she had not been a Jewess.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  One by one the sullen sounds fell successively on the ear, leaving but sufficient space for each to die away in distant echo, ere the air was again filled by repetition of the iron knell.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
15  'I do think sufficient civilization ought to eliminate a lot of the physical disabilities,' said Clifford.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1  Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
2  Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.
3  The alarm is usually sufficient to deter a would-be thief.
4  Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself, is a disgrace.
5  Their close and financially rewarding relationship was sufficient to call into question the independence and disinterest of the directors.
6  The bank had sufficient liquid assets to continue operations.
7  Gas was detected in sufficient quantity to warrant careful monitoring.
8  It should be sufficient to state the central idea verbally and to indicate the connection to dynamical systems theory.
9  Financial institutions must maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the demands of depositors.
10  A few brief comments are sufficient for present purposes.
11  He tried to push the door open, but he didn't have sufficient leverage.
12  The Senate had a sufficient majority to override the presidential veto.
13  He says they mistakenly believed the standard licenses they held were sufficient.
14  The performers need a sufficient interval to resume their ordinary costume, before they re-entered the dining-room.
15  This information may be used as subsidiary evidence but is not sufficient by itself to prove your argument.