ASSOCIATIVE in a Sentence

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Most people associate troglodytes with prehistoric times, but troglodyte communities still exist in Tunisia and China.

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 Meanings and Examples of ASSOCIATIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
associative
 a.  characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
Classic Sentence: (147 in 10 pages)
1  Some turn in the road, some new object suddenly perceived and recognized, reminded me of days gone by, and were associated with the lighthearted gaiety of boyhood.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
2  The latter name made me tremble when pronounced by Henry, and I hastened to quit Matlock, with which that terrible scene was thus associated.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
3  Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  My reflections at these times were always associated with the figure I was to make in life, and the distinguished things I was to do.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
5  The face he turned up to the troubled sky, the quivering of his clasped hands, the agony of his figure, remain associated with the lonely waste, in my remembrance, to this hour.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31. A GREATER LOSS
6  We were very grave; and when we came to a stray seal, or pencil-case, or ring, or any little article of that kind which we associated personally with him, we spoke very low.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
7  All the way here, I had supposed that she was going to some house; indeed, I had vaguely entertained the hope that the house might be in some way associated with the lost girl.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. MARTHA
8  I cannot say at what stage of my grief it first became associated with the reflection, that, in my wayward boyhood, I had thrown away the treasure of her love.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 58. ABSENCE
9  Besides the charm Oblonsky had in general for everyone, Vronsky had felt of late specially drawn to him by the fact that in his imagination he was associated with Kitty.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 17
10  And afterwards, how he had all at once broken out: he had associated with the most horrible people, and rushed into the most senseless debauchery.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 24
11  Yes, I have lost even my affection for my son, because he is associated with the repulsion I feel for you.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 4
12  The presence of Princess Tverskaya was unpleasant to Alexey Alexandrovitch from the memories associated with her, and also because he disliked her, and he went straight to the nursery.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 19
13  "But one thing is possible, one thing she might desire," he went on, "that is the cessation of your relations and all memories associated with them."
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 22
14  These words and the ideas associated with them were very well for intellectual purposes.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 8
15  He had left her, when only eighteen; robbed her of jewels and money; gambled, squandered, forged, and fled to London: where for two years he had associated with the lowest outcasts.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
Example Sentence: (55 in 4 pages)
16  The centerpiece is a boat ride through an elaborate interactive stage set of picturesque slums and their associated smells, to conjure up an illusion of real Victorian life - and misery.
17  The referendum on Scottish independence - and its associated campaign - coincide with the European elections in May this year and the run-up to the UK General Election in May next year.
18  Our Affiliate programs empower our associates to earn commissions and receive ticket discounts.
19  The police will have to find Milosevic associates linked to the killings, which are willing to testify in court that they received verbal orders from the top.
20  But Thompson, associates said, will give strong assurances that he will examine questionable campaign finance practices regardless of party.
21  Research associations are often linked to a particular industry.
22  Missing are neighborhood and business associations: two groups that pushed hard during the former administration for a crackdown on nuisance crimes.
23  The south of France has positive associations for me as I used to holiday there as a child.
24  Last year's fashion parade led to protests from medical associations and women's rights groups, who complained that the participants were unhealthily skinny.
25  And then there are other chances in life far more thrilling and rapture-giving: an affair of the actual world, nothing ideal about it: all its associations are solid and sober, and its manifestations are the same.
26  A close associate of the author denied reports that she had cancer.
27  The oblique rays of the sun on the orchards create this typical landscape that traditional iconography would associate with an earthly paradise.
28  You wouldn't normally associate these two writers-their styles are completely different.
29  Most people associate troglodytes with prehistoric times, but troglodyte communities still exist in Tunisia and China.
30  I didn't really mean my associate is a snake; it was just a figure of speech.