THOROUGH in a Sentence
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241 example sentences for THOROUGH, such as:
1. Give the house a thorough cleaning.
2. He's a slow worker but very thorough.
3. Now she was a thorough good sort again.
4. We are making a thorough investigation.
5. The thorough revenge is to forgive and forget.
2. He's a slow worker but very thorough.
3. Now she was a thorough good sort again.
4. We are making a thorough investigation.
5. The thorough revenge is to forgive and forget.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of THOROUGH
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thorough
a. painstakingly careful and accurate
a. performed comprehensively and completely
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 As he stood by the desolate fire, he felt that the only one thing which could assuage his grief would be thorough and complete retribution, brought by his own hand upon his enemies.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2 Now she was a thorough good sort again.
3 And she was a thorough good sort, making him feel less of an audience, more of an actor, going round the Barn in her wake.
4 For these two were old friends, old mates both at school and college, both thorough respecters of themselves and of each other, and, what does not always follow, men who thoroughly enjoyed each other's company.
5 For it was to be seen with half an eye that he was a thorough gentleman, made to the model of the time; weary of everything, and putting no more faith in anything than Lucifer.
6 Even Dr. Grant does shew a thorough confidence in my sister, and a certain consideration for her judgment, which makes one feel there is attachment; but of that I shall see nothing with the Frasers.
7 s Easter holidays will not last much longer; no doubt they are thorough holidays to her.
8 A morning of thorough confusion was to be expected.
9 He gave his throat a thorough rake round, as if it were the duty of every person not to be mistaken through thickness of voice.
10 She leant back to obtain more thorough rest, and the soft eastern portion of the sky was as great a relief to her eyes as the thyme was to her head.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
11 "Yes," said the furze-dealer, standing up, giving his forehead a thorough mopping, and handing the beeswax to Humphrey, who succeeded at the rubbing forthwith.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
12 On the evening of that day the worthy old woman was sitting in her lodge, still in a thorough fright, and absorbed in sad reflections.
13 He knew the best place for everything; in addition, boxing and foot-fencing and some dances; and he was a thorough single-stick player.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
14 The reader will not be surprised if, for various reasons, we do not here treat in a thorough manner, from the theoretical point of view, the questions raised by socialism.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
15 Such encounters are shocks, and the memory that they leave behind them resembles a thorough shaking up.
Example Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1 They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
2 He's a slow worker but very thorough.
3 The subject got a thorough airing in the British press.
4 The degree provides a thorough grounding in both mathematics and statistics.
5 The doctor gave him a thorough check-up.
6 The thorough revenge is to forgive and forget.
7 Give the house a thorough cleaning.
8 The police carried out a thorough investigation.
9 This is a disgraceful state of affairs and cries out for a thorough investigation.
10 We are making a thorough investigation.
11 The committee reported its findings after a thorough investigation.
12 A thorough brushing helps to freshen up your mouth.
13 He is either a polymath or an extremely thorough researcher.
14 The budgetary process focuses more clearly on the resource allocation process with more thorough scrutiny of existing commitments.
15 The shopkeeper gave his store a thorough checkup.