WIRE in a Sentence
Learn WIRE 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.
130 example sentences for WIRE, such as:
1. This kind of wire is easy to unbend.
2. I must wire to the King without delay.
3. The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
4. Draw out the wire until it is very thin.
5. The bird got entangled in the wire netting.
2. I must wire to the King without delay.
3. The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
4. Draw out the wire until it is very thin.
5. The bird got entangled in the wire netting.
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Meanings and Examples of WIRE
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wire
v. send cables, wires, or telegrams
n. the finishing line on a racetrack
Classic Sentence: (84 in 6 pages)
1 She perched on the edge of a chair like a bird on a telegraph wire before starting for Africa.
2 The whole tree hummed with the whizz they made, as if each bird plucked a wire.
3 I must wire to the King without delay.
4 When a woman has been seriously wronged by a man she no longer oscillates, and the usual symptom is a broken bell wire.
5 I have had a wire that he arrived at Southampton this morning.
6 Let me have a report by wire at Baker Street before evening.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
7 And now, Watson, it only remains for us to find out by wire the identity of the cabman, No.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
8 Very good, we will send a second wire to the postmaster, Grimpen: 'Telegram to Mr. Barrymore to be delivered into his own hand.'
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
Context Highlight In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
9 Holmes had sent on a wire, so that Lestrade, as wiry, as dapper, and as ferret-like as ever, was waiting for us at the station.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
10 Holmes sent off a short wire and for the rest of the drive lay back in the cab, with his hat tilted over his nose to keep the sun from his face.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
11 If you have reason to believe that it is inhabited, do not force your way in, but send a wire to my friend and me.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
12 With the help of a wire, however, they forced round the key.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
Context Highlight In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
13 The bell-rope hangs from the wire just to the right of my desk.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
14 The first thing that I did was to wire to Mr. Forbes, who had the case in hand.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
15 Because I had a wire from Hilton Cubitt this morning.
Example Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1 The tin wire was spooled after it was used.
2 If you touch an electric wire, you ll get a shock.
3 Don't touch that wire, you'll electrocute yourself.
4 Don't touch that wire or you'll get a shock.
5 Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed.
6 You should never join an electric wire to a water pipe.
7 The worker threaded the wire through the pulley.
8 The bird got entangled in the wire netting.
9 The box was fastened with a rusty wire.
10 The game was very close and went right down to the wire.
11 The telephone wire is cut off in this house.
12 Draw out the wire until it is very thin.
13 This kind of wire is easy to unbend.
14 The end of the wire had become accidentally fused with the switch.
15 We put some / a fine wire mesh over the chimney so that the birds wouldn't fall in.