ATTITUDE in a Sentence

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329 example sentences for ATTITUDE, such as:

1. It's your attitude I don't like.
2. You have to change your attitude.
3. His attitude was shocking to her.
4. Her attitude is imperious at times.
5. So that was going to be his attitude.

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 Meanings and Examples of ATTITUDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
attitude
 n.  a feeling or opinion about something or someone
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  His hand was steady, but the attitude was an excuse for not making an immediate reply.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  She stood perfectly still, looking after him, in an attitude of tranquil expectancy torturing to the hidden watcher.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  His wife's attitude was unchanged, her face inexorable, and he was seized with the despairing sense of his helplessness.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  So Will remained at Tara, for what reason she did not know and she found his businesslike man-to-man attitude with her both pleasant and helpful.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  Even in this flash of revelation, she realized vaguely that, foolish though they seemed, theirs was the right attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
6  She could never respect a man who let her run over him and the timid, hesitant attitude he displayed in any unpleasant situation, with her or with others, irritated her unbearably.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  But her self-control was severely tested many times, because of the personal questions they asked and because of the smug and condescending attitude they displayed toward all things Southern.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  To Scarlett, scarcely wanting her coming child and irritated at its untimeliness, this attitude seemed the height of sentimental stupidity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
9  Some had accepted because of Melanie's attitude, others because they felt they owed Rhett a debt for saving their lives and those of their relatives.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
10  "I wouldn't put much beyond her," was the universal attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
11  So that was going to be his attitude.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
12  Lily had no mind for the vagabond life of the poor relation, and to adapt herself to Mrs. Peniston she had, to some degree, to assume that lady's passive attitude.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
13  Meanwhile he cast agonized glances in the direction of Miss Bart, whose only response was to sink into an attitude of more graceful abstraction.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
14  But Lily, though her attitude was as calm as his, was throbbing inwardly with a rush of thoughts.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
15  His attitude had been one of admiring spectatorship, and he would have been almost sorry to detect in her any emotional weakness which should interfere with the fulfilment of her aims.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
16  Pete's attitude towards women really scares me.
17  You have to change your attitude.
18  The attitude of the unions is a serious obstacle.
19  Sometimes happiness is just a matter of attitude adjustment.
20  People's attitude towards the skyscrapers varies widely.
21  Her attitude is imperious at times.
22  He pleaded with his parents for a more understanding attitude.
23  The letter was a feeler to see what his attitude might be.
24  It's your attitude I don't like.
25  A positive attitude will have positive results,because attitudes are contagious.
26  He maintained an attitude of high seriousness.
27  Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
28  His attitude was shocking to her.
29  He failed again and again simply because he had maintained his defeatist attitude.
30  He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.