YARD in a Sentence
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324 example sentences for YARD, such as:
1. We dug a deep pit in the yard.
2. Hens pecked around in the yard.
3. There is a small pond in his yard.
4. Their poultry are kept in the yard.
5. Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
2. Hens pecked around in the yard.
3. There is a small pond in his yard.
4. Their poultry are kept in the yard.
5. Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of YARD
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yard
n. a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)
n. a tract of land where logs are accumulated
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 When Ethan drove into Hale's yard the builder was just getting out of his sleigh.
2 With every yard of the way some spot where they had stood, and laughed together or been silent, clutched at Ethan and dragged him back.
3 Outside, the late afternoon sun slanted down in the yard, throwing into gleaming brightness the dogwood trees that were solid masses of white blossoms against the background of new green.
4 Chimney swallows were darting swiftly across the yard, and chickens, ducks and turkeys were waddling and strutting and straggling in from the fields.
5 The elders of the flocks continually led stealthy advances into the front yard, lured on by the green of the grass and the luscious promise of the cape jessamine buds and the zinnia beds.
6 She rose suddenly from her chair at the sound of creaking wheels in the driveway and then sank down again as they went on around the house to the back yard.
7 Then there was an excited babble of negro voices in the darkness of the yard and high-pitched negro laughter.
8 All the ladies except Mrs. Tarleton moved out of the back yard, leaving the shade of oaks and arbor to the men.
9 She nodded and he carefully handed her down the front steps and led her across the grass to the iron bench beneath the largest oak in the front yard.
10 The neat wooden-paneled fence had been newly painted white and the front yard it inclosed was yellow starred with the last jonquils of the season.
11 Scarlett arose at five-thirty, before the servants had come in from the back yard to start breakfast, and slipped down the steps to the quiet lower floor.
12 There was fear in every heart but, now that they knew the truth, now that the worst had happened, now that the war was in their front yard, a change came over the town.
13 She noted how the leaves on the trees were still dark green but dry and heavily coated with red dust, and how withered and sad the untended flowers in the front yard looked.
14 When he had finished she sent him off to the back yard to play and watched him toddle across the straggling grass to his playhouse with great relief.
15 I was out in the yard and I didn't hardly have time to get into the house.
Example Sentence: (114 in 8 pages)
1 The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard.
2 Billy was kicking a ball around the yard.
3 A horse whinnied and reared; the troop trotted quickly out of the inn yard towards the high road.
4 I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.
5 A white fence picketed the yard on three sides.
6 Her horse was a show jumper whom the family rescued from the knacker's yard.
7 Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.
8 Make sure the yard is well swilled out.
9 Their poultry are kept in the yard.
10 Hens pecked around in the yard.
11 There is a small pond in his yard.
12 He took all her letters into the yard and put a match to them.
13 Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard.
14 We dug a deep pit in the yard.
15 As the fox came into the yard, the chickens began squawking in alarm.