ASSETS in a Sentence

Learn ASSETS 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.

42 example sentences for ASSETS, such as:

1. A sense of humor is a great asset in this business.
2. The ability to motivate people is a priceless asset.
3. Being able to speak a foreign language is a major asset.
4. Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
5. We consider him a valuable asset, so we had to respond to keep him for the long term.

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assets
 n.  anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
Classic Sentence:
1  The state-owned railroad had once been an asset to the state but now it was a liability and its debts had piled up to the million mark.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
2  It was the last asset in their fortunes, the nucleus around which their life was to be rebuilt.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
3  She had been willing from the first to employ Lily in the show-room: as a displayer of hats, a fashionable beauty might be a valuable asset.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
4  Her one asset, the fact that her mother was what the Epsom greengrocer called a carriage lady had no exchange value, apparently.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
16  It has so far received $45 billion in capital from the Treasury and the Treasury is insuring $300 billion dollars of their assets.
17  In the developed world, many companies provide a fund, which they and their staff contribute to, which is then invested in shares, bonds and other assets.
18  They aim to protect assets rather than chase returns, so short-term turbulence has less of an effect.
19  We need to promote healthy economic growth via integrated revitalization of built, natural, & cultural assets.
20  An international court ruled that Russia owes shareholders of the now-defunct oil giant Yukos more than $50 billion for what it described as the Kremlin's "devious and calculated expropriation" of assets designed to bankrupt the firm.
21  In his public apology tour last week, Donald Graham, the family scion who sold the newspaper and related assets to Bezos, said he could not in good conscience continue to lose his shareholders' money.
22  The ability to motivate people is a priceless asset.
23  Your inexperience is an asset and will allow you to think in original and unconventional ways.
24  Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
25  Being able to speak a foreign language is a major asset.
26  Creating a Mission Statement Clarity of mission may be the single most important asset for a government organization.
27  Recall that a bond is an asset that earns a fixed sum of money for its owner each year.
28  Because a human only becomes a resource when it is classed as an asset with potential to grow.
29  We consider him a valuable asset, so we had to respond to keep him for the long term.
30  A sense of humor is a great asset in this business.