AGREEMENT in a Sentence

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For AGREEMENT, below is one of 174 sentences:
Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick.

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 Meanings and Examples of AGREEMENT
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agreement
 n.  state of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  All the animals nodded in complete agreement, and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
2  But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted on to oppose it.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  All the pigs were in full agreement on this point, even Snowball and Napoleon.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
4  These two disliked each other so much that it was difficult for them to come to any agreement, even in defence of their own interests.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
5  The animals listened first to Napoleon, then to Snowball, and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
6  Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
7  Fanny would hardly even speak her agreement.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  The great point of our agreement is yet to come.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  "In that, Doctor, you will find yourself in agreement with every criminal in the country," said my friend, quietly.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
10  Personally I am in agreement with Dr. Armstrong, and football does not come within my horizon.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
11  In spite of the wives' agreement that such malevolence was beyond credibility, the dispute ended in a short struggle, and both wives were lifted kicking into the night.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  Once in a while she looked up at him and nodded in agreement.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  I found on further investigation that this was so, or at least there was an agreement between him and my aunt that he should account to her for all his disbursements.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
14  Within an hour the merchant, stroking his big overcoat neatly down, and hooking up his jacket, with the agreement in his pocket, seated himself in his tightly covered trap, and drove homewards.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 16
15  They had made no agreement about this, it had settled itself.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 22
Example Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
16  A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.
17  There is agreement on the necessity of reforms.
18  Reaching this agreement so quickly was a great achievement.
19  Under the agreement the Vietnamese can opt out at any time.
20  The latest draft of the agreement codifies the panel's decision.
21  The agreement strengthened the bonds between the two countries.
22  They agreed to draw up a formal agreement.
23  Two sparrows on one ear of corn make an ill agreement.
24  The initial talks were the base of the later agreement.
25  He was the only person who understood all the arcane details of the agreement.
26  Despite its financial problems, the company is standing by the no-redundancy agreement.
27  They blockaded the Suez Canal in violation of international agreement.
28  The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances.
29  The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.
30  The President says she is optimistic that an agreement can be worked out soon.