ARGUMENT in a Sentence

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For ARGUMENT, below is one of 311 sentences:
Some of 'em have long hair, and they start an argument with the soup, and don't notice when things are handed to them.'

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 Meanings and Examples of ARGUMENT
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argument
 n.  a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
 n.  (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
Classic Sentence: (160 in 11 pages)
1  Ethan felt that if he had pleaded an urgent need Hale might have made shift to pay him; but pride, and an instinctive prudence, kept him from resorting to this argument.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Mammy had her there and there was no argument.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  Standing some little distance away from the barbecue tables, he was at the peak of an argument with John Wilkes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  To her, there was never but one fair side to an argument.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  They brought up every possible argument.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  With a feeling of exasperation she saw that he was in an argument and probably had not even noticed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  And upon learning the cause of the upset, he settled the matter with words that left no room for argument.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  "I'll make a hant out of you if you don't get out of this wagon," said Scarlett, who was in no mood for argument, as she climbed lamely down to the ground.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  Will, who had been enticing little Beau across the blanket with the bill during this argument, looked up and, shading his eyes, glanced down the driveway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  There was a short mumbled argument, punctuated with curses, and uncertain feet ascended the stairs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
11  Some of 'em have long hair, and they start an argument with the soup, and don't notice when things are handed to them.'
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
12  Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
13  The invariable moisture of my hair, while plunged in deep thought, after six cups of hot tea in my thin shingled attic, of an August noon; this seems an additional argument for the above supposition.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
14  And by the soundest commentators this has ever been held a cogent argument in such matters.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
15  It smells like the left wing of the day of judgment; it is an argument for the pit.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
Example Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
16  Josie can hold her own in any argument.
17  She got into an argument with the teacher.
18  Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.
19  I had a big argument with my mother this morning.
20  I'll just summarize the main points of the argument in a few words if I may.
21  The argument needs to progress beyond the simple assertion that criminals are made not born.
22  No argument can justify a war.
23  We appealed to reason to win our argument.
24  The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.
25  He illustrated his argument with quotations from Pasternak.
26  We agreed without much further argument.
27  Suddenly the argument developed into a real fight.
28  Her article brilliantly demolishes his argument.
29  It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
30  It can be useful to write a short summary of your argument first.