WIDE in a Sentence
Learn WIDE 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.
410 example sentences for WIDE, such as:
1. The road is only one track wide.
2. His throw to first base went wide.
3. The town provides a wide choice of entertainment.
4. There is a wide variety of patterns to choose from.
5. A wide range of colours and patterns are available.
2. His throw to first base went wide.
3. The town provides a wide choice of entertainment.
4. There is a wide variety of patterns to choose from.
5. A wide range of colours and patterns are available.
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Meanings and Examples of WIDE
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wide
ad. far from the intended target
a. great in degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and grey under the stars.
2 Brent's wide ingenuous face was puzzled and mildly indignant.
3 She had been on the front porch and he had ridden up the long avenue, dressed in gray broadcloth with a wide black cravat setting off his frilled shirt to perfection.
4 His thickset torso was supported by short sturdy legs, always incased in the finest leather boots procurable and always planted wide apart like a swaggering small boy's.
5 His was as Irish a face as could be found in the length and breadth of the homeland he had left so long ago--round, high colored, short nosed, wide mouthed and belligerent.
6 An hour later when the conversation began to lag, Gerald, with a guile that belied the wide innocence of his bright blue eyes, proposed a game.
7 Opposite the winding stair stood a walnut sideboard, too large for use in the dining room, bearing on its wide top several lamps and a long row of candles in candlesticks.
8 The day was warm for April and the golden sunlight streamed brilliantly into Scarlett's room through the blue curtains of the wide windows.
9 The lavender barred muslin was beautiful with those wide insets of lace and net about the hem, but it had never suited her type.
10 The wide curving driveway was full of saddle horses and carriages and guests alighting and calling greetings to friends.
11 Scarlett thought she had never seen a man with such wide shoulders, so heavy with muscles, almost too heavy for gentility.
12 Scarlett spoke pleasantly to her and started up the wide stairs.
13 Too wide across the cheek bones, too pointed at the chin, it was a sweet, timid face but a plain face, and she had no feminine tricks of allure to make observers forget its plainness.
14 The men sprang from benches and chairs, arms in wide gestures, voices clashing for the right to be heard above other voices.
15 His gray eyes opened wide and their drowsiness disappeared in an intensity that Scarlett had never seen before.
Example Sentence: (200 in 14 pages)
1 The diploma course would offer remote access to course materials via the Internet's world wide web.
2 I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story.
3 Wreckage from the plane was scattered over a wide area.
4 You will find a wide variety of choices available in school cafeterias.
5 A wide range of colours and patterns are available.
6 A wide base will make the structure much more stable.
7 His throw to first base went wide.
8 He beat the other runners by a margin of ten seconds/by a wide margin.
9 As he ran toward me, his face broke into a wide grin.
10 The town provides a wide choice of entertainment.
11 The wide paved road degenerated into a narrow bumpy track.
12 The road is only one track wide.
13 They enjoy participating in a wide variety of activities, both locally and further afield.
14 The restaurant offers a wide variety of local specialities.
15 There is a wide variety of patterns to choose from.