ACCURATE in a Sentence

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For ACCURATE, below is one of 88 sentences:
And now, sir, to reward you for the accurate guess, I will promise to paint you a careful and faithful duplicate of this picture.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCURATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
accurate
 a.  capable of providing a correct reading or measurement
 a.  performing with care and precision
Classic Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  She tried not to smile at his accurate summing up of her conduct but she could not help dimpling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
2  That was as accurate a summing up of the situation as could be made and Scarlett relapsed into infuriated silence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
3  But it may be fancied, that from the naked skeleton of the stranded whale, accurate hints may be derived touching his true form.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
4  He had actually gained the crags, and was leaping up their sides with incredible activity, when a shot from the woods showed how accurate had been the judgment of the scout.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
5  I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  The people were afar and he did not conceive public opinion to be accurate at long range.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
7  Long and accurate fringes of smoke spread out.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
8  Its somewhat ambitious title was "The Book of Life," and it attempted to show how much an observant man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came in his way.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
9  I availed myself of your obliging hints to correct my timidity, and it is unnecessary to add that they were perfectly accurate.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
10  You are a most accurate and honest reckoner.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
11  The elderly female was a woman of wisdom and experience; she knew what was good for children; and she had a very accurate perception of what was good for herself.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  I should like an accurate description of him and any letters of his which you can spare.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
13  Again, you will observe that the words are not gummed on in an accurate line, but that some are much higher than others.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
14  It was his specialty to be accurate as to fact, but his recent illness had shaken him, and this one little incident was enough to show me that he was still far from being himself.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
15  Van Helsing sits in my study poring over the record prepared by the Harkers; he seems to think that by accurate knowledge of all details he will light upon some clue.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date.
17  And now, sir, to reward you for the accurate guess, I will promise to paint you a careful and faithful duplicate of this picture.
18  Very Interesting, can anyone tell me, how accurate is the English translation in the posted clip?
19  He failed to compute the interest, so his bank balance was not accurate.
20  Short term accurate wind and wave forecasts can be used for optimal ship routing.
21  As long as a rifle is accurate and has a good trigger, Dave will like it no matter how much or little it costs.
22  Tina just makes it funnier because her impersonation is so accurate.
23  The article accurately reflects public opinion.
24  His condition would be more accurately termed as "chronic fatigue".
25  It is important to define these terms accurately.
26  This model does not describe accurately the way a market economy actually functions.
27  While age is clearly a highly relevant factor it does not always accurately reflect ability to understand.
28  Pigeons navigate less accurately when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed.
29  A near - sighted person cannot focus accurately on distant objects.
30  The new test will enable us to identify more accurately patients who are most at risk.