THAN in a Sentence

Learn THAN 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.
404 example sentences for THAN, such as:
1. I am luckier than most.
2. Air mail is quicker than sea mail.
3. Better be alone than in bad company.
4. Ill air slays sooner than the sword.
5. He lived in a gentler age than ours.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of THAN
than
 conj.  introducing second element in comparison; used in expressions introducing exception or contrast;
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  He smiled understandingly--much more than understandingly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  His moral force was abased into more than childish weakness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
5  One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
6  But farther than this you must not believe.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
7  I value not her censure any more than I should do her commendation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
8  Your ideas are only more noble than mine.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
9  By all the world, rather than by his own heart.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
10  He shared it, however, in a silence even greater than her own.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45
11  They have borne more than our conduct.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46
12  No other attendant than the housekeeper appeared.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVI
13  And your sister, she's no worse than she were.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVII
14  Ah, young master, there's more changes than yours.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
15  It's easier than bellowsing and hammering.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Don't act like you're better than I am.
2  Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.
3  He lived in a gentler age than ours.
4  Ill air slays sooner than the sword.
5  Air mail is quicker than sea mail.
6  The pain was almost more than he could bear.
7  It is better to be alone than in ill company.
8  It is better to be alone than in bad company.
9  Better be alone than in bad company.
10  Example is always more efficacious than precept.
11  A fool always finds a greater fool than himself.
12  No one is sorrier than I am about what happened.
13  I am luckier than most.
14  Fish oils are less saturated than animal fats.
15  Vegetable fats are healthier than animal fats.