CIRCULATE in a Sentence

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For CIRCULATE, below is one of 62 sentences:
There were none in her father's house; but wealth is luxurious and daring, and some of hers found its way to a circulating library.

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 Meanings and Examples of CIRCULATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
circulate
 v.  move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
Classic Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  As soon as this volume began to circulate, Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt fell into a state of coma, arising either from sleep or a rheumatic paroxysm.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
2  And as the sea surpasses the land in this matter, so the whale fishery surpasses every other sort of maritime life, in the wonderfulness and fearfulness of the rumors which sometimes circulate there.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
3  They can be used and can circulate and fulfill their purpose without harm to anyone and even advantageously, as long as no one asks what is the security behind them.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER III
4  I'll circulate that saying, be assured, my dear fellow.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
5  A large jug was circulating, and the mugs were being refilled with beer.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
6  And in the corner by the window gable was a shelf with some books, and some from a circulating library.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
7  There were none in her father's house; but wealth is luxurious and daring, and some of hers found its way to a circulating library.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  And in this atom, this mathematical point, the blood is circulating, the brain is working and wanting something.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  If he is accused of circulating Napoleon's proclamation it is not proved that he did so," said Pierre without looking at Rostopchin, "and Vereshchagin.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XI
10  The rumor of Edmond's arrest as a Bonapartist agent was not slow in circulating throughout the city.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
11  Wild rumors were circulating about her--how her mother had found her packing her bag one winter night to go to New York and say goodbye to a soldier who was going overseas.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
12  A strong circulation warmed everything and penetrated everywhere.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MADELEINE
13  Monasteries, when they abound in a nation, are clogs in its circulation, cumbrous establishments, centres of idleness where centres of labor should exist.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT
14  The word passed into circulation.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSI...
15  Divers reports were in circulation in the cortege.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  Air can circulate freely through the tunnels.
2  Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
3  The doctor shows me how blood to circulate in my veins on pictures.
4  On Monday, 'Anonymous' - an online group that claims to use its computer-hacking skills for good - began to circulate the name and address of a man it claimed to be one of her alleged tormenters.
5  Serious lack of circulating fund forced the closure of the company.
6  Some malicious rumours are circulating about his past.
7  Further evidence of immune mediation has come from the finding of circulating, non-organ specific and organ specific antibodies.
8  The higher velocity fluid around the core of the vortex is at a lower pressure than the fluid circulating farther away.
9  An increasingly familiar and seductive story has been circulating about young people who, drawing inspiration from billionaire entrepreneurs, consider dropping out of college a fast track to business success.
10  It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation.
11  Regular exercise will improve blood circulation.
12  The paper has proved unable to maintain its circulation figures.
13  Anyone with heart, lung or circulation problems should seek medical advice before flying.
14  Police say a number of forged banknotes are in circulation.
15  The Treasury Department plans to remove older coins from circulation and replace them with new ones.