APPORTION in a Sentence

Learn APPORTION 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.

10 example sentences for APPORTION, such as:

1. That is the way God apportions things.
2. I want to apportion the money among all the children.
3. The federal government apportioned money among the states.
4. It's not easy to apportion blame when a marriage breaks up.
5. Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPORTION
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apportion
 v.  distribute; allot; give out as one's portion or share
Classic Sentence:
1  Of this preparation a tolerably abundant plateful was apportioned to each pupil.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  We made a very good meal by the kitchen fire, and then apportioned the bedrooms: Herbert and Startop were to occupy one; I and our charge the other.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
3  Sitting on a log in front of the slab-sided shack that was their sleeping quarters were four of the five convicts Scarlett had apportioned to Johnnie's mill.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
4  All around farms were apportioned and allotted in proportion to the standing of each individual.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
5  That is the way God apportions things.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER V—A NIGHT BEHIND WHICH THERE IS DAY
Example Sentence:
1  When we know how much is profit, then we can apportion the money among/between us.
2  It's not easy to apportion blame when a marriage breaks up.
3  The investigation into the air crash would inevitably apportion blame to certain members of the crew.
4  I want to apportion the money among all the children.
5  The federal government apportioned money among the states.