QUIT in a Sentence

Learn QUIT 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.

420 example sentences for QUIT, such as:

1. Juanita, quit looking so belligerent.
2. I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
3. When I stop making money out of it, I'll quit.
4. The town's quit criticizing you, almost entirely.
5. The sooner you quit me the better it will suit me.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
quit
 v.  turn away from; give up
 v.  go away or leave
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When I stop making money out of it, I'll quit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  I'll have to quit swearing or Grandma will sure tan my hide.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  They work a day or two and then lay off till they've spent their wages, and the whole crew is like as not to quit overnight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  The sooner you quit me the better it will suit me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  So Scarlett reluctantly stayed away from Johnnie's mill, fearing that if she came too often he might quit and that would be ruinous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
6  She did not speak to him again till, after she had heated the rolls and passed the paper napkins, Mr. Marbury captured her with a loud, "Oh, quit fussing now."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  Juanita, quit looking so belligerent.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  The town's quit criticizing you, almost entirely.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  He had saved money, had quit Elder's planing-mill and started a dairy on a vacant lot near his shack.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  I bring babies into the world, and save lives, and make cranky husbands quit being mean to their wives.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  Any way, for the present, I'll quit Pip's vicinity.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
12  It was a crisp autumn evening, just cold enough to make one glad to quit playing tag in the yard, and retreat into the kitchen.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
13  You can quit going to these dances, or you can hunt another place.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: X
14  You should either quit school and go to work, or change your college and begin again in earnest.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
15  Sometimes I git awful sore on this place and want to quit, but my wife she always say we better stick it out.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  He quit the sport when he realised he didn't have the killer instinct.
17  If you quit acting like a wimp and assert yourself a bit more, you'd improve your chances of getting a date.
18  Einstein's cleaning the blackboards again? Albert, quit it! A man of your caliber shouldn't have to do such tasks.
19  I should not be called upon to quit my sanctum of the schoolroom; "a very pleasant refuge in time of trouble."
20  He is bound to succeed because his pertinacious nature will not permit him to quit.
21  While Bill was entitled to use a company car while he worked for the firm, the company's lawyers questioned his entitlement to the vehicle once he'd quit his job.
22  William H. Gross, the co-founder of the mutual fund giant Pimco who abruptly quit last month to join a much smaller mutual fund company, has in the past peppered his market commentary with upbeat and zany humor.
23  Level of education is actually quite a poor indicator of ability to run a business well.
24  Unfortunately these drugs are quite toxic and hinder the body's ability to fight off infection.
25  His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply.
26  The dress was absolutely plain, but quite stunning.
27  I'm quite willing to accept the consequences.
28  The account he gives of his childhood is quite fictitious.
29  Sometimes, that standard is quite difficult, if not impossible, to achieve.
30  Though John and Andrew look exactly alike, they act quite differently.