WEEK in a Sentence

Learn WEEK 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.
420 example sentences for WEEK, such as:
1. He began his diet a week ago.
2. It's rained nearly every day for a week.
3. I went to an employment agency last week.
4. We get through an unbelievable amount of food each week.
5. It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of WEEK
week
 n.  any period of seven consecutive days
 n.  hours or days of work in a calendar week
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Why, Ashley Wilkes and his father told Pa just last week that our commissioners in Washington would come to--to--an--amicable agreement with Mr. Lincoln about the Confederacy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  It's rained nearly every day for a week.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  The Troop met twice a week in Jonesboro to drill and to pray for the war to begin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  They seemed never too busy to drop work for a fish fry, a hunt or a horse race, and scarcely a week went by without its barbecue or ball.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  A week after the wedding Charles left to join Colonel Wade Hampton, and two weeks later Ashley and the Troop departed, leaving the whole County bereft.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  In the seventh week, there came a telegram from Colonel Hampton himself, and then a letter, a kind, dignified letter of condolence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  That meant four mornings a week in the sweltering, stinking hospital with her hair tied up in a towel and a hot apron covering her from neck to feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
8  But on three afternoons a week she had to attend sewing circles and bandage-rolling committees of Melanie's friends.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  On an afternoon of the following week, Scarlett came home from the hospital weary and indignant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
10  But men who expected to die within a week or a month could not wait a year before they begged to call a girl by her first name, with "Miss," of course, preceding it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  Why, right this minute he might be dead and she would not know it until tomorrow, or perhaps a week from tomorrow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  Last week my old boots wore completely out, and I would have come home with sacks tied on my feet if we hadn't had the good luck to shoot two Yankee scouts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  The past week with its shimmering, dreamlike beauty, its crowded hours of happiness, was gone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  She thought of all the things she had intended to say to him during this week.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
15  During this last week, she had patiently picked out all the embroidery and cut up the square of silk and stitched it into a sash length.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  If we all set to, we should be able to finish the job in a week.
2  It is absolutely imperative that we finish by next week.
3  According to my information work was due to start last week.
4  A five-day week has found an immediate welcome and much popularity since it was officially adopted across the country.
5  Aim to do some physical activity three times a week for optimum health.
6  Holiday-makers can also add on a week in Majorca before or after the cruise.
7  I went to an employment agency last week.
8  He began his diet a week ago.
9  She viewed the prospect of a week alone in the house without much enthusiasm.
10  I am not averse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work.
11  We get through an unbelievable amount of food each week.
12  The unfortunate animal was locked inside the house for a week.
13  We expect to announce details of the scheme later this week.
14  More societies are expected to announce mortgage rate increases during the Conservative Party conference this week.
15  Evans said yesterday that he would announce a decision early next week.