ADO in a Sentence

Learn ADO 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.

For ADO, below is one of 9 sentences:
He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough; and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ado
 n.  doing; bother; troublesome business; fuss; bustle
Classic Sentence:
1  He put his hand upon the sleeper's rear, as though feeling if it was soft enough; and then, without more ado, sat quietly down there.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
2  And Jurgis set out, without further ado.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
3  The squirrel, immediately upon recognizing danger, had taken to his legs without ado.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  The unicorn soon came towards him, and rushed directly on the tailor, as if it would gore him with its horn without more ado.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
5  I had much ado to defend myself against these detestable animals, and could not forbear starting when they came on my face.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
6  Then without more ado I tipped him overboard.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
7  It turned out, though, that that was mostly possible without further ado, as almost all the doors were left open and the children ran in and out.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Two First Cross-examination
Example Sentence:
1  So, without more ado, let me introduce tonight's guests.
2  So without further ado, I'll now ask Mr Davis to open the debate.