FIX in a Sentence

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For FIX, below is one of 288 sentences:
The mind will sympathize so much with the anguish and debility of the body, that it will be too distracted to fix itself in meditation.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIX
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fix
 v.  restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
 n.  the act of putting something in working order again
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Zeena continued in the same even tone: "I wanted you should stay and fix up that stove in Mattie's room afore the girl gets here."
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  She tried to quiet her heart and fix her face into more composed lines, for she knew she must look like a crazy woman.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  Throughout the South, most of the cotton planters were in the same fix.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  Scarlett, you fix me up some kind of lunch to take.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
5  It was incredible that she could be in such a fix.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  Tell her she's got to fix the cow up somehow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  Law, child," said Old Miss, taking charge of the conversation, as was her habit, "we're in the same fix as you are.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  Wilkerson and Hilton had the power to interfere in any trade Scarlett might make and to fix their own prices on anything she sold or swapped.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  "You run up and fix me some dry clothes, Mammy," she said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  That doesn't help a man pull himself out of a tough fix, like we're all in now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  If it hadn't been for my stupidity you wouldn't be in this fix.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
12  "Aunt Pitty, please run and fix the bed and oo- oh," she suddenly burst into tears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
13  I'm going to fix it so neither of them can hold up their heads in Atlanta.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
14  Let me fix you some hot coffee and something to eat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
15  And he went down to fix the furnace.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
16  The touch-screen machine was not working until a technician arrived to fix.
17  The main travesty is that the people who caused the current problem are now assigned to fix the problem.
18  You should fix the television antenna before receiving programs.
19  With the private sector in shambles, the Federal government is the only one with enough juice left to fix anything.
20  To fix the leak in the pipes, the plumber planned to solder a couple of joints from which water had been oozing.
21  I tried to fix the equipment but I failed.
22  I'd be surprised if anyone believes camera surveillance is a miraculous fix to reduce crime.
23  The mind will sympathize so much with the anguish and debility of the body, that it will be too distracted to fix itself in meditation.
24  The salary will be fixed according to qualifications and experience.
25  My pay has not increased from the rate fixed two years ago.
26  He kept his gaze fixed on the car ahead.
27  Investment in fixed assets is an important vehicle for ensuring that the latest technology is available to business.
28  All eyes are fixed upon Asia as the Land of Promise for millions yet unborn.
29  Many shops have video cameras fixed to their walls or ceilings for security reasons.
30  He fixed a picture to the wall.