THEME in a Sentence

Learn THEME 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.
79 example sentences for THEME, such as:
1. This theme is central to our research.
2. The basic theme of these stories never.
3. A slow theme introduces the first movement.
4. The basic theme of these stories never varies.
5. The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of THEME
theme
 n.  the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
 n.  an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
Classic Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  Some words of this conversation must have reached Wilson swaying in the office door, for suddenly a new theme found voice among his gasping cries.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
2  His manly beauty and more than common gracefulness were instantly the theme of general admiration, and the laugh which his gallantry raised against Marianne received particular spirit from his exterior attractions.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
3  Yes, perhaps I ought to mention," said Herbert, who had become curiously crestfallen and meek, since we entered on the interesting theme, "that she is rather below my mother's nonsensical family notions.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXX
4  It is not much to give to the theme that so long filled my heart.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
5  Then, he's such a generous, fine, noble fellow,' said I, quite carried away by my favourite theme, 'that it's hardly possible to give him as much praise as he deserves.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
6  My reflections on this theme were still in progress when dinner was announced.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
7  I believe the theme of this incomprehensible conundrum was the moon.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL
8  It was pleasant weather, and on the road we made my domestic happiness the theme of conversation.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44. OUR HOUSEKEEPING
9  I expressed my regret for having innocently touched upon a theme that roused him so much.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
10  You and your aunt will excuse me, Copperfield, if I touch upon a painful theme, as I greatly fear I shall,' said Traddles, hesitating; 'but I think it necessary to bring it to your recollection.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS
11  Zeena answered in her every-day tone and, warming to the theme, regaled them with several vivid descriptions of intestinal disturbances among her friends and relatives.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
12  Still Lily did not speak, and he continued, warming with his theme: "Tell you what it is, though, that kind of woman costs more than all the rest of 'em put together.'"
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
13  Out of the dusk her violin took up the organ theme, and the candle-light revealed her in a straight golden frock, her arm arched to the bow, her lips serious.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
14  Their talk was nothing but improvisations on the theme: "I never did like this Haydock."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
15  From his mighty bulk the whale affords a most congenial theme whereon to enlarge, amplify, and generally expatiate.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  The author picks the same theme up again on page ten.
2  The basic theme of these stories never.
3  The basic theme of these stories never varies.
4  This theme is central to our research.
5  Recent events have made his central theme even more apposite.
6  The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.
7  The book's theme is the conflict between love and duty.
8  The novel's central theme is the perennial conflict between men and women.
9  Your essays tend to concentrate on one theme to the exclusion of everything else.
10  The theme of freedom recurs throughout her writing.
11  The film's haunting musical theme stayed in my head for days.
12  An overall theme will help to give your essay coherence.
13  The thread running through many of these proposals was the theme of individual power and opportunity.
14  A slow theme introduces the first movement.
15  The underlying theme of the novel is very serious.