CAPITALISM in a Sentence

Learn CAPITALISM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

257 example sentences for CAPITALISM, such as:

1. The capital is located on the river.
2. Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
3. Labour is the capital of our working men.
4. It's a capital little gipsy sort of place.
5. Armed rebels advanced towards the capital.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of CAPITALISM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
capitalism
 n.  an economic system based on private ownership of capital
Classic Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
1  That was the nearest approach to independence a man could make "under capitalism," he explained; he would never marry, for no sane man would allow himself to fall in love until after the revolution.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
2  Joe pronounced this word, as if it began with at least twelve capital Bs.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
3  Those were the two little words, more capital.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
4  I shall not rest satisfied with merely employing my capital in insuring ships.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
5  This certainly had not a profitable appearance, and I shook my head as if I would imply that it would be difficult to lay by much accumulative capital from such a source of income.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
6  My opinion of the coal trade on that river is, that it may require talent, but that it certainly requires capital.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
7  It would do for me and Dora admirably: with a little front garden for Jip to run about in, and bark at the tradespeople through the railings, and a capital room upstairs for my aunt.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. ENTHUSIASM
8  Before we went, I wrote Traddles a full statement of all that had happened, and Traddles wrote me back a capital answer, expressive of his sympathy and friendship.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. ENTHUSIASM
9  Agnes has a great liking for Traddles, and it is capital to see them meet, and to observe the glory of Traddles as he commends the dearest girl in the world to her acquaintance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. ANOTHER RETROSPECT
10  'Capital, madam, capital,' urged Mr. Micawber, gloomily.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
11  It's a capital little gipsy sort of place.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. RETURN
12  All the skaters, it seemed, with perfect self-possession, skated towards her, skated by her, even spoke to her, and were happy, quite apart from her, enjoying the capital ice and the fine weather.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 9
13  You know that capital oppresses the laborer.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 25
14  Petritsky, whom he liked, was implicated in the affair, and the other culprit was a capital fellow and first-rate comrade, who had lately joined the regiment, the young Prince Kedrov.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 5
15  Everything was capital, everything was cheering.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
16  Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
17  The figures show evidence that murders in the nation's capital are beginning to level off.
18  There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out.
19  We don't have enough capital to buy new premises.
20  Labour is the capital of our working men.
21  The school has received a large capital grant to improve its buildings.
22  Missile attacks on the capital resumed at dawn.
23  The rebels took over the capital and set up a new government.
24  The capital is located on the river.
25  At last they ceased working for lack of capital.
26  He argued in favour of capital punishment.
27  He advocates the return of capital punishment.
28  Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
29  Health care in the capital compares poorly with that in the rest of the country.
30  Armed rebels advanced towards the capital.