ANSWER in a Sentence

Learn ANSWER 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.

358 example sentences for ANSWER, such as:

1. The answer to this was unexpected.
2. There is no definitive answer to this.
3. Rosie ran downstairs to answer the door.
4. He arrived, as if in answer to her prayers.
5. I have to type letters and answer the phone.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANSWER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
answer
 n.  a reaction to a question, letter, phone call
 n.  a solution to a problem
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  These feelings dictated my answer to my father.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  This answer startled me, but I presently recovered myself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  Before I could answer her eyes fastened with an awed expression on her little finger.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  The answer to this was unexpected.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  The automatic quality of Gatsby's answer set us all back at least another minute.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  Before I could answer, Daisy came out of the house and two rows of brass buttons on her dress gleamed in the sunlight.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  They will not climb my knee, nor prattle in my ear, nor answer to my smile, but stand apart, and eye me strangely.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
8  Mr. Palmer made her no answer, and did not even raise his eyes from the newspaper.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
9  Her love made no answer; and after slightly bowing to the ladies, began complaining of the weather.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
10  Elinor tried to make a civil answer, though doubting her own success.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35
11  Now I could only answer my father with a look of despair and endeavour to hide myself from his view.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  You may," said he, "and I may decline to answer it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
13  Reluctantly, I confessed myself quite unable to answer the question.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
14  I knew not how to answer, or how to comfort her.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
15  Still there was no answer, and I knocked again.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
Example Sentence: (148 in 10 pages)
16  Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position.
17  A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
18  He rang the bell and waited for someone to answer the door.
19  If you answer this question correctly, it's worth five points.
20  Rosie ran downstairs to answer the door.
21  The examiners can pitch on any student to answer questions.
22  There is no definitive answer to this.
23  In a flash of pure genius, she realized the answer to the problem.
24  The teacher told his students to answer up when the master came.
25  He can answer the question however hard it is.
26  I have to type letters and answer the phone.
27  He arrived, as if in answer to her prayers.
28  The issues are finely balanced and there is no simple answer to the question.
29  Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
30  Listen carefully to the answer and make sure that your next question follows on.