CABINET in a Sentence

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It often seems that true power lies with the Civil Service mandarins, rather than MPs and cabinet ministers.

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 Meanings and Examples of CABINET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cabinet
 n.  group of persons appointed by a head of state
 n.  hut, cottage, small house or room
Classic Sentence: (55 in 4 pages)
1  At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with red baize; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor's cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
2  Plainly the letter had come by the laboratory door; possibly, indeed, it had been written in the cabinet; and if that were so, it must be differently judged, and handled with the more caution.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
3  He looked up when I came in, gave a kind of cry, and whipped up-stairs into the cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
4  Well, when that masked thing like a monkey jumped from among the chemicals and whipped into the cabinet, it went down my spine like ice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
5  Poole, here, and I are going to force our way into the cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
6  London hummed solemnly all around; but nearer at hand, the stillness was only broken by the sounds of a footfall moving to and fro along the cabinet floor.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
7  A dismal screech, as of mere animal terror, rang from the cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
8  A corridor joined the theatre to the door on the by-street; and with this the cabinet communicated separately by a second flight of stairs.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
9  They mounted the stair in silence, and still with an occasional awe-struck glance at the dead body, proceeded more thoroughly to examine the contents of the cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
10  I made this choice perhaps with some unconscious reservation, for I neither gave up the house in Soho, nor destroyed the clothes of Edward Hyde, which still lay ready in my cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
11  We had risen to depart when Baskerville gave a cry, of triumph, and diving into one of the corners of the room he drew a brown boot from under a cabinet.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
12  I found it in the Japanese cabinet, as he told the doctor.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
13  I moved my head to look at the cabinet behind me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
14  A few minutes later he found himself alone in a sort of wainscoted cabinet of severe aspect, lighted by two wax candles, placed upon a table with a green cloth.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VIII—AN ENTRANCE BY FAVOR
15  Marius occupied in the Gorbeau house, for an annual sum of thirty francs, a den minus a fireplace, called a cabinet, which contained only the most indispensable articles of furniture.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS POOR
Example Sentence:
1  The task force is comprised of congressional leaders, cabinet heads and administration officials.
2  The cabinet will also attend the meeting ex-officio.
3  It often seems that true power lies with the Civil Service mandarins, rather than MPs and cabinet ministers.
4  A glass-fronted cabinet displayed a collection of china figurines.
5  I keep my collection of old china in the cabinet.
6  The prime minister told reporters this morning that he plans to reshuffle his entire cabinet.
7  The cabinet comes with locks and key and is shaped like a cube.
8  The President has accused two cabinet ministers of working secretly to undermine his position/him.
9  The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.
10  On Wednesday, the Indian cabinet deferred an anti-corruption legislation.
11  In contrast, the Prime Minister's aides are preparing his defense, saying that at the time, the entire cabinet backed the move to war, and that he's willing to implement all the committee's recommendations.
12  After his expulsion from the cabinet the minister became the subject of a smear campaign.
13  In large cabinet shops furnished with hi-tech computer-controlled equipment, cabinetmaker may specialize only in one or two of the functions listed.
14  You can only stare at seemingly tame Dada graphics in nice little glass cabinets.