ACTIVITY in a Sentence

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For ACTIVITY, below is one of 420 sentences:
But as I see it, physical labor is as essential to him, as much a condition of his existence, as mental activity is to you or me.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACTIVITY
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activity
 n.  a thing that a person or group does or has done
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Indeed, such activity, perspicuity, and ubiquity as his had never been seen or thought of.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
2  That is to say, he retained his wits ever in a state of activity, and kept his brain constantly working.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
3  Come, try, give any one of us, for instance, a little more independence, untie our hands, widen the spheres of our activity, relax the control and we.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: X
4  The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
5  As regularity is a prime condition facilitating activity, regularity in his household was carried to the highest point of exactitude.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
6  In the highest army circles from midday on the nineteenth, a great, excitedly bustling activity began which lasted till the morning of the twentieth, when the memorable battle of Austerlitz was fought.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI
7  But on the afternoon of that day, this activity reached Kutuzov's headquarters and the staffs of the commanders of columns.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI
8  The concentrated activity which had begun at the Emperor's headquarters in the morning and had started the whole movement that followed was like the first movement of the main wheel of a large tower clock.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI
9  Pierre repeated, and a mental image of his future activity in this direction rose in his mind.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
10  His new brethren gave him letters to the Kiev and Odessa Masons and promised to write to him and guide him in his new activity.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V
11  The old man, roused by activity, expected the best results from the new campaign, while Prince Andrew on the contrary, taking no part in the war and secretly regretting this, saw only the dark side.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VIII
12  But as I see it, physical labor is as essential to him, as much a condition of his existence, as mental activity is to you or me.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XI
13  He needs activity, and this quiet regular life is very bad for him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIV
14  Illuminism is not a pure doctrine, just because it is attracted by social activity and puffed up by pride.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
15  On this ground Joseph Alexeevich condemned my speech and my whole activity, and in the depth of my soul I agreed with him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Setting off firecrackers is a very important activity during the Spring Festival.
17  Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.
18  Trying to please other people is largely a futile activity.
19  Some drugs can cause the inhibition of normal bodily activity.
20  These teachers have been cut off from the mainstream of educational activity.
21  The police have kept the nightclub under surveillance because of suspected illegal drug activity.
22  I had been running around southern England in a whirlwind of activity.
23  Docklands in its heyday was a major centre of industrial and commercial activity.
24  The Americans recognise that the UN can be the channel for greater diplomatic activity.
25  He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace.
26  The manager's arrival galvanized the workers into activity.
27  Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.
28  Muscles contract and relax during physical activity.
29  The streets were noisy and full of activity.
30  The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.