WENT in a Sentence

Learn WENT 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 WENT, such as:
1. We also went to see the film.
2. The minister went up the steps.
3. She went blind at the age of ten.
4. We went to a lecture on Italian art.
5. I went with them out to the veranda.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of WENT
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "Things went from bad to worse," suggested Miss Baker.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  We shook hands with him gravely and went back outdoors.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  I had nothing to do in the hall so I went into the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  His eyes went over it, every arched door and square tower.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  I went with them out to the veranda.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  Daisy rose, smiling faintly, and went to the table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  The minister went up the steps.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
8  Possibly, she went up among the clouds.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
9  Wherever they went, she was evidently always on the watch.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
10  Mrs. Joe was going to break out, but Joe went on.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII
11  He touched me gently on the forehead, and went out.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVII
12  "Concerning a guardian," he went on.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
13  In every single thing I went for, I went for you.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
14  With this project formed, we went to bed.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLI
15  They always went on agen me about the Devil.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLII
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  He went bankrupt after only a year in business.
2  I went upstairs for my afternoon siesta.
3  Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the ducks.
4  The shadows of the trees grew longer as the afternoon went on.
5  One afternoon, she went for a swim in the ocean.
6  I went to the boss to remonstrate against the new rules.
7  She went blind at the age of ten.
8  I went to an employment agency last week.
9  We went straight to the estate agent and wrote out a cheque.
10  We went there a couple of years ago.
11  The rude man elbowed her aside and went in the room ahead of her.
12  We went for a walk along the beach at twilight.
13  We also went to see the film.
14  Oliver went up to the master, with his bowl in his hand.
15  We went to a lecture on Italian art.