BACKGROUND in a Sentence

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In his job application, Milton might misrepresent his academic background; he was fired when his employers discovered the truth.

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 Meanings and Examples of BACKGROUND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
background
 n.  the state of the environment in which a situation exists
 n.  relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1  Against the dark background of the kitchen she stood up tall and angular, one hand drawing a quilted counterpane to her flat breast, while the other held a lamp.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  She stood just as Zeena had stood, a lifted lamp in her hand, against the black background of the kitchen.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  Outside, the late afternoon sun slanted down in the yard, throwing into gleaming brightness the dogwood trees that were solid masses of white blossoms against the background of new green.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  They put their own grief into the background in order to divert her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  And everywhere amid the greenery, on flags and bunting, blazed the bright stars of the Confederacy on their background of red and blue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  The ever-present war in the background lent a pleasant informality to social relations, an informality which older people viewed with alarm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  For an instant Scarlett envisaged her trip to Atlanta and her conversation with Rhett with Mammy glowering chaperonage like a large black Cerberus in the background.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
8  The door opened quickly and Mammy, shrinking back into the shadows of the hall, saw Rhett huge and dark against the blazing background of candles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
9  The clothes are the background, the frame, if you like: they don't make success, but they are a part of it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
10  Tall clumps of flowering plants were grouped against a background of dark foliage in the angles of the walls.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
11  Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury; it was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
12  The white oval of her face swam out waveringly from a background of shadows, the uncertain light blurring it like a haze; but the two lines about the mouth remained.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
13  Lily had no real intimacy with nature, but she had a passion for the appropriate and could be keenly sensitive to a scene which was the fitting background of her own sensations.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
14  But he was prompt to perceive that the general dulness of the season afforded him an unusual opportunity to shine, and he set about with patient industry to form a background for his growing glory.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
15  The company, in obedience to the decorative instinct which calls for fine clothes in fine surroundings, had dressed rather with an eye to Mrs. Bry's background than to herself.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  We have a different background, a different history.
17  Too much background detail tends to lessen the impact of the central image.
18  Ideally we need a small instrument worn like a wristwatch which would indicate the loudness of background noise.
19  The background music was provided by an accordion player.
20  The President's advisors are content to remain in the background.
21  He will play a key background role in government policy-making.
22  His background is the stuff of boys' own papers.
23  We would have understood the play better if there had been some initial exposition of the background.
24  In his job application, Milton might misrepresent his academic background; he was fired when his employers discovered the truth.
25  Do not attempt to do this yourself unless you have a background in structural analysis and are familiar with the local building codes.
26  The only solution is a third emblem, a red diamond on a white background, it has no cultural or religious significance.
27  Friends are generally alike in background and tastes.
28  How did a man from such a privileged background become involved in revolutionary politics?
29  Mr. Ma's ascent to dot-com billionaire is remarkable for not following the traditional script. Unlike Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Steven P. Jobs or Microsoft's Bill Gates, Mr. Ma, 49, has no background in computing and professes not to understand technology.
30  The graphics depicting troop movements are simple-minded and drawn on forgettable backgrounds.