ADVERTISEMENT in a Sentence

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For ADVERTISEMENT, below is one of 135 sentences:
To do this, we must try the simplest means first, and these lie undoubtedly in an advertisement in all the evening papers.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADVERTISEMENT
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advertisement
 n.  a public promotion of some product or service
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  "Look at this advertisement," he answered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
2  The old crone drew out an evening paper, and pointed at our advertisement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
3  I saw your advertisement, and I thought it might be a plant, or it might be the ring which I wanted.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
4  He saw too much advertisement behind all the humility.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
5  The very first paragraph upon which Mr. Bumble's eye rested, was the following advertisement.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
6  He was very willing to have a holiday, so we shut the business up and started off for the address that was given us in the advertisement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
7  From north, south, east, and west every man who had a shade of red in his hair had tramped into the city to answer the advertisement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
8  I should not have thought there were so many in the whole country as were brought together by that single advertisement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
9  I ought to know its size and shape, seeing that I have read the advertisement about it in The Times every day lately.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
10  To do this, we must try the simplest means first, and these lie undoubtedly in an advertisement in all the evening papers.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
11  That, however, I shall determine by a very simple test if we have an answer to our advertisement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
12  This advertisement will appear in each of them.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
13  I shall do nothing more to-day, unless I have an answer to my cab advertisement.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
14  He had had no answer to his advertisement, he said, and no fresh light had been thrown upon the case.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
15  When father died, we were left very poor, but one day we were told that there was an advertisement in the TIMES, inquiring for our whereabouts.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
16  They are credulous people who believe in the advertisement.
17  The spirit of being in control and a little bit indulgent is captured in a recent television advertisement for the Chrysler Pacifica.
18  The mermaid was a sign, an advertisement of some kind, for a business run by a man in a nice car.
19  The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of their previous successful campaigns.
20  They've employed an advertising agency to spruce up the company image.
21  Val works for an advertising agency.
22  The company has been expanding its customer base using trade magazine advertising.
23  We're looking for someone with a proven track record in selling advertising.
24  The bank launched an advertising campaign to lure back its traditional customers.
25  He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.
26  We find advertising on the radio very effective.
27  The Government has launched an advertising campaign to encourage people to vote.
28  We want to put more zing into our advertising.
29  The British Medical Association is/are campaigning for a complete ban on tobacco advertising.
30  A large part of the budget will be spent on advertising.