BADGE in a Sentence

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For BADGE, below is one of 31 sentences:
But butchers, also, and butchers of the bloodiest badge have been all Martial Commanders whom the world invariably delights to honour.

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 Meanings and Examples of BADGE
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badge
 n.  distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  But butchers, also, and butchers of the bloodiest badge have been all Martial Commanders whom the world invariably delights to honour.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
2  There had come to Scully a proposition to nominate a certain rich brewer who lived upon a swell boulevard that skirted the district, and who coveted the big badge and the "honorable" of an alderman.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
3  He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  Without salve, he could not, he though, were the sore badge of his dishonor through life.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  Comrade," said Snowball, "those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
6  And with the back of his hand he struck Cedric's cap from the head of the Jester, and throwing open his collar, discovered the fatal badge of servitude, the silver collar round his neck.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  On his right arm was a silver plate, which, instead of bearing, as usual, the cognizance or badge of the baron to whose family he belonged, had barely the word SHERWOOD engraved upon it.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
8  ceases to be the initials of an individual and becomes the badge of a society.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
9  Her breast, with its badge of shame, was but the softer pillow for the head that needed one.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
10  It was reported, and believed by many, that an Indian had drawn his arrow against the badge, and that the missile struck it, and fell harmless to the ground.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
11  "It lies not in the pleasure of the magistrates to take off the badge," calmly replied Hester.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
12  The little silk badge with the white rose on it that was pinned on the breast of his jacket began to flutter.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
13  The little silk badge with the red rose on it looked very rich because he had a blue sailor top on.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
14  His white silk badge fluttered and fluttered as he worked at the next sum and heard Father Arnall's voice.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
15  Prince Vasili's daughter, the beautiful Helene, came to take her father to the ambassador's entertainment; she wore a ball dress and her badge as maid of honor.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  Every student should carry a school badge.
2  New security measures require all visitors to sign in at reception and wear a visitor's badge.
3  He was awarded a merit badge for his bravery in the battle.
4  Mere discriminations on account of race or color were not regarded as badges of slavery.
5  All personnel are to receive security badges.
6  The stewards' badges are made so they do not unstick from a car and therefore cannot be passed around.