TRANSFER in a Sentence

Learn TRANSFER 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.
103 example sentences for TRANSFER, such as:
1. The news of your transfer surprised us all.
2. Only the owner can make a transfer of goods.
3. Their transfer to myself would be ON PAPER only.
4. The war caused a massive transfer of population.
5. The club's top goalkeeper is on the transfer list.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TRANSFER
transfer
 v.  change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
 v.  cause to change ownership
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  The reason he had applied for transfer to the front, despite his useless arm, was that he realized, as the civilian population did not, the seriousness of the situation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  Scarlett was annoyed at the weight he attached to Bonnie's night terrors but she thought she could eventually remedy the state of affairs and transfer the child back to the nursery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  I see you are contemplating the transfer of your tempestuous affections from Ashley to me and I fear for my liberty and my peace of mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
4  Put by Rosedale in terms of business-like give-and-take, this understanding took on the harmless air of a mutual accommodation, like a transfer of property or a revision of boundary lines.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
5  For one of them may have received a transfer of letters from some third, and now far remote vessel; and some of those letters may be for the people of the ship she now meets.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
6  For a change, one could talk to the station agent; but he was another malcontent; spent all his spare time writing letters to officials requesting a transfer.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
7  When at last the time came for her to get out, she asked for the transfer, and was refused.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  The city, which was owned by an oligarchy of business men, being nominally ruled by the people, a huge army of graft was necessary for the purpose of effecting the transfer of power.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
9  And so, after a transfer of certain bills had passed from the man's pocket-book to the trader's, he resumed his cigar.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
10  In Tom's hurried exchange, he had not forgotten to transfer his cherished Bible to his pocket.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  Their transfer to myself would be ON PAPER only.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
12  Upon that Chichikov intimated that, out of respect for his host, he himself would bear the cost of the transfer of souls.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
13  From various landowners in this canton I have purchased a number of peasants for transfer.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
14  During this transfer he felt a little stronger and was able to look about him and even speak.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIX
15  He would transfer a question to metaphysical heights, pass on to definitions of space, time, and thought, and, having deduced the refutation he needed, would again descend to the level of the original discussion.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  Trace around your template and transfer the design onto a sheet of card.
2  I couldn't transfer all my credits from junior college.
3  She now had to transfer her design skills to a commercial environment.
4  Staff who transfer to a different office will receive a transport allowance.
5  The presence or absence of clouds can have an important impact on heat transfer.
6  The factors which, if present, indicate the transfer as a going concern largely relate to intangible assets.
7  The deed of transfer must be entered at the land registry.
8  The club's top goalkeeper is on the transfer list.
9  Only the owner can make a transfer of goods.
10  The speech did not transfer well to the printed page.
11  The war caused a massive transfer of population.
12  The news of your transfer surprised us all.
13  Remove the wafers with a spoon and transfer them to a plate.
14  Football clubs have been busy in the close season transfer market.
15  They are also looking into allegations of the illegal transfer of shares that enabled the Chung family to retain management control.