SUM in a Sentence

Learn SUM 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.
259 example sentences for SUM, such as:
1. That's the sum total of my knowledge about it.
2. We cannot get a large sum of money right away.
3. And a very handsome sum of money too, I think.
4. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
5. He donated a large sum of money to the orphanage.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SUM
sum
 v.  determine the sum of
 n.  a quantity of money
Classic Sentence: (208 in 14 pages)
1  Some years ago he loved a young Russian lady of moderate fortune, and having amassed a considerable sum in prize-money, the father of the girl consented to the match.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
2  I provided myself with a sum of money, together with a few jewels which had belonged to my mother, and departed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  But in the detail which he gave you of them he could not sum up the hours and months of misery which I endured wasting in impotent passions.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  To sum up the matter, it grew to be a widely diffused opinion that the Rev.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
5  He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation more comfortable than it was in his power to do.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
6  The time may come when Harry will regret that so large a sum was parted with.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
7  Perhaps, then, it would be better for all parties, if the sum were diminished one half.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
8  There is already lodged in my hands a sum of money amply sufficient for your suitable education and maintenance.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
9  "It is so difficult to fix a sum," said I, hesitating.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIV
10  And a very handsome sum of money too, I think.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
11  You consider it, undoubtedly, a handsome sum of money.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
12  And at the rate of that handsome sum of money per annum, and at no higher rate, you are to live until the donor of the whole appears.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
13  I was rather afraid of stating it, for it sounded a large sum.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
14  Among these were the name of a banking-house in New South Wales, where a sum of money was, and the designation of certain lands of considerable value.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LV
15  Even when the lessons are done, the worst is yet to happen, in the shape of an appalling sum.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  The sum ofbehavior is to retain a man's own dignity, without in -truing upon the liberty ofothers.
2  The sum of behaviour is to retain a man's own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.
3  Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
4  The sum of money has been transferred into my account.
5  Louise Renne, who ran unopposed for city attorney, threw a dim sum party for successful treasurer candidate Susan Leal.
6  The bank will lend your company quite a huge sum of money on very favourable terms.
7  She has a large sum standing to her credit in the bank.
8  That small room contained the sum total of the family's possessions.
9  That's the sum total of my knowledge about it.
10  The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
11  The government has appropriated a large sum of money for building hospitals.
12  A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.
13  As individual members' solo careers have proved, each band was greater than the sum of its parts.
14  We cannot get a large sum of money right away.
15  He donated a large sum of money to the orphanage.