TOO in a Sentence

Learn TOO 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 TOO, such as:
1. There's too much meat.
2. Do not run too fast after gain.
3. He was too proud to admit failure.
4. That was a great deal too smart for me.
5. The pain was almost too great to endure.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TOO
too
 ad.  in addition
 ad.  to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "I almost made a mistake, too," she declared vigorously.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  It was a halt, too, in my association with his affairs.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  I wonder if it'd be too much trouble to have the butler send them on.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  "Good men ever interpret themselves too meanly," said the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
6  But the air was too fresh and chill to be long breathed with comfort.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
7  Death was too definite an object to be wished for or avoided.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
8  One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  It is yet too early in life to despair of such a happiness.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
11  "She knows her own worth too well for false shame," replied Edward.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
12  That was a great deal too smart for me.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
13  They all looked their assent; it seemed too awful a moment for speech.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
14  Wopsle, too, took pains to present me in the worst light.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
15  And his person, his manners too, are all in his favour.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The health service spends too much on administration.
2  He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.
3  He was too proud to admit failure.
4  Try not to let his problems affect you too much.
5  Do not run too fast after gain.
6  He is too bloody cocksure about everything.
7  Frugality when all is spent comes too late.
8  The pain was almost too great to endure.
9  Mother was becoming too frail to live alone.
10  There's too much meat.
11  Life's too short to be anything but happy.
12  He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything.
13  I'm afraid you're too late to apply for the job.
14  When guns speak it is too late to argue.
15  It is possible to argue that the rules are too strict.