TALL in a Sentence
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244 example sentences for TALL, such as:
1. A tall tree catches the wind.
2. Sam was tall, dark and handsome.
3. He was a tall man and powerfully built.
4. The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
5. Dilcey was tall and bore herself erectly.
2. Sam was tall, dark and handsome.
3. He was a tall man and powerfully built.
4. The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
5. Dilcey was tall and bore herself erectly.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TALL
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tall
a. too improbable to admit of belief
a. lofty in style
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Against the dark background of the kitchen she stood up tall and angular, one hand drawing a quilted counterpane to her flat breast, while the other held a lamp.
2 The tall woman, who had moved away from us toward the dresser, took no notice; but the other, from her cushioned niche, answered complainingly, in a high thin voice.
3 The sun was low across the new-plowed fields and the tall woods across the river were looming blackly in silhouette.
4 Gerald was a small man, little more than five feet tall, but so heavy of barrel and thick of neck that his appearance, when seated, led strangers to think him a larger man.
5 She was a tall woman, standing a head higher than her fiery little husband, but she moved with such quiet grace in her swaying hoops that the height attracted no attention to itself.
6 His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.
7 His tall brothers were a grim, quiet lot, in whom the family tradition of past glories, lost forever, rankled in unspoken hate and crackled out in bitter humor.
8 Dilcey was tall and bore herself erectly.
9 There, Ellen sat before her tall secretary each morning, keeping the accounts of the plantation and listening to the reports of Jonas Wilkerson, the overseer.
10 Scarlett entered her room, set the candle on the tall chest of drawers and fumbled in the dark closet for the dancing dress that needed stitching.
11 Scarlett had kissed her mother good-by in the little office where she sat before the tall secretary with its paper-stuffed pigeonholes.
12 The four Tarleton boys and their father leaned against the tall columns, the twins, Stuart and Brent, side by side inseparable as usual, Boyd and Tom with their father, James Tarleton.
13 He was a tall man and powerfully built.
14 From the window on the landing, she could see the group of men sitting under the arbor, drinking from tall glasses, and she knew they would remain there until late afternoon.
15 It barely cleared the tall back of the sofa and splintered with a little crash against the marble mantelpiece.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 The tall building towered above all the others.
2 He walked in with a tall blonde on his arm.
3 Her eyes were immediately drawn to the tall blond man standing at the bar.
4 The tall graceful form of a woman appeared at the top of the stairs.
5 Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.
6 A tall tree catches the wind.
7 The tall buildings have spoiled the view.
8 Our field of vision is limited by that tall building.
9 Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit.
10 He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.
11 She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early.
12 The awkward boy I knew had metamorphosed into a tall, confident man.
13 We will stand tall and fight for issues of concern to our community.
14 I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth.
15 Sam was tall, dark and handsome.