ABROAD in a Sentence

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At the stairs where we had taken him abroad, and ever since, I had looked warily for any token of our being suspected.

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 Meanings and Examples of ABROAD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
abroad
 ad.  in a place across an ocean
 ad.  far away from home or one's usual surroundings
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1  On the last afternoon before he went abroad he sat with Daisy in his arms for a long, silent time.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
2  Continual engagements at home and abroad, however, supplied all the deficiencies of nature and education; supported the good spirits of Sir John, and gave exercise to the good breeding of his wife.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
3  He has seen a great deal of the world; has been abroad, has read, and has a thinking mind.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
4  When Marianne was recovered, the schemes of amusement at home and abroad, which Sir John had been previously forming, were put into execution.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
5  The morning was fine and dry, and Marianne, in her plan of employment abroad, had not calculated for any change of weather during their stay at Cleveland.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42
6  But, I said to Herbert that, before I could go abroad, I must see both Estella and Miss Havisham.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIII
7  We should know at what time to expect them, according to where we were, and would hail the first; so that, if by any accident we were not taken abroad, we should have another chance.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
8  At the stairs where we had taken him abroad, and ever since, I had looked warily for any token of our being suspected.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
9  At the same moment, without giving any audible direction to his crew, he ran the galley abroad of us.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
10  There is a vague belief abroad, that the beef suet with which he anoints his hair gives him unnatural strength, and that he is a match for a man.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT
11  And I said' added Mr. Wickfield gravely, 'abroad.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
12  I was the means of sending him abroad.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
13  You may make it necessary, if you are foolish or obstinate, Mr. Copperfield,' he observed, 'for me to send my daughter abroad again, for a term; but I have a better opinion of you.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
14  Mr. James and myself have been abroad with the young woman, ever since she left Yarmouth under Mr. James's protection.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE
15  My aunt and I were at that time vacating the two cottages at Highgate; I intending to go abroad, and she to return to her house at Dover.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. TEMPEST
Example Sentence: (55 in 4 pages)
16  He loves to catch up on the news after a trip abroad.
17  He stands a fair chance of going abroad.
18  The conference delegates included representatives from abroad.
19  A car of comparable size would cost far more abroad.
20  The seductions of life in a warm climate have led many Britons to live abroad, especially in Spain.
21  A massive exodus of doctors is forcing the government to recruit from abroad.
22  She remained bitterly opposed to the idea of moving abroad.
23  My aunt asked me to join in with her on her holidays abroad.
24  Instead, this money is being sent abroad to create jobs in nations that use low-cost labor.
25  I shall decide for going abroad later.
26  You mentioned in your letter that you might be moving abroad.
27  If you live abroad it helps to know the local lingo.
28  He spent the major part of a year abroad.
29  I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.
30  All my near relations live abroad.