BUSINESS in a Sentence

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For BUSINESS, below is one of 420 sentences:
Mammy pinched small Jack, and he hastened to his business of slowly swishing the paper ribbons back and forth behind Ellen.

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 Meanings and Examples of BUSINESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
business
 n.  an occupation, profession, or trade
 n.  something with which a person is rightfully concerned
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The mere fact of obeying her orders, of feeling free to go about his business again and talk with other men, restored his shaken balance and magnified his sense of what he owed her.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Besides, he hated lying; if he wanted the money he wanted it, and it was nobody's business to ask why.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  Ethan left the grays in Hale's stable and went about some other business in the village.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
4  Toby, who had handled Gerald's horses for twenty years, pushed out his lips in mute indignation at being told how to conduct his own business.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  In transacting business for O'Hara Brothers, he had visited Augusta, a hundred miles up the Savannah River, and he had traveled inland far enough to visit the old towns westward from that city.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  Mammy pinched small Jack, and he hastened to his business of slowly swishing the paper ribbons back and forth behind Ellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  Gerald rode beside the carriage on his big hunter, warm with brandy and pleased with himself for having gotten through with the unpleasant business of Wilkerson so speedily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  If a man's not a gentleman, he's no business on a horse.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  Finally the business section fell behind and the residences came into view.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
10  A boring matter of business, Mrs. Wilkes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  You didn't have your mind on your business and I'll wager you weren't thinking about our Cause or the hospital.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Blockading is a business with me and I'm making money out of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  She had often heard in Charleston and Savannah that Atlanta people gossiped more and meddled in other people's business more than any other people in the South, and now she believed it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  War is a dirty business and I do not like dirt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
15  Except for the messy business of nursing and the bore of bandage rolling, she did not care if the war lasted forever.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Best of luck in the year ahead in your business.
17  Take my advice – string along with me, I know this business inside out.
18  The three sons also contribute to the family business.
19  We women have a lot of good business skills, although we tend to underrate ourselves.
20  He made an immense amount of money in business.
21  During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.
22  Corus is due to announce the outcome of a countrywide review of its business within days.
23  In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more successful than an idealistic one.
24  His hard-nosed business approach is combined with a very real concern for the less fortunate in society.
25  I have some urgent business to attend to.
26  You are required by the District Attorney to provide your phone bills, both business and personal.
27  Investment in fixed assets is an important vehicle for ensuring that the latest technology is available to business.
28  A business can only be built and expanded on a sound financial base.
29  Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.
30  Personally, I wouldn't touch him or his business with a bargepole.