CHARGE in a Sentence

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For CHARGE, below is one of 413 sentences:
Gerald's old overseer, Jonas Wilkerson, was in charge of the local Bureau, and his assistant was Hilton, Cathleen Calvert's husband.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHARGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
charge
 v.  set or ask for a certain price
 v.  accuse someone of something, especially an offense under law
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The charge was not wholly unfounded.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  I'd gladly give the horses free of charge if I knew they were going to be ridden by boys I know, gentlemen used to thoroughbreds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  The young ladies of the town, who were not permitted to nurse for fear they would see sights unfit for virgin eyes, had the convalescent wards in their charge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
4  He couldn't be when he's been mentioned in dispatches and when Colonel Sloan wrote that letter to Melly all about his gallant conduct in leading the charge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  The major in charge didn't want to let that out until the printing was done, for fear the crowd would wreck the offices trying to get news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  Law, child," said Old Miss, taking charge of the conversation, as was her habit, "we're in the same fix as you are.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  The sergeant in charge was a bow-legged, grizzled little man with a large wad of tobacco in his cheek.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
8  Gerald's old overseer, Jonas Wilkerson, was in charge of the local Bureau, and his assistant was Hilton, Cathleen Calvert's husband.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  The place was in charge of the counter boy, who came to the house every night to report on the day's transactions, but Frank was not satisfied.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  Once in her possession there arose the perplexing problem of finding a trustworthy man to put in charge of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  If I put Hugh in charge of the new mill and leave Mr. Johnson at the old one, I can stay in town and see to the selling while they handle the milling and hauling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  She would discharge Mr. Johnson and put Ashley in charge of the old mill while Hugh operated the new one.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
13  Both she and Frank would willingly have given, without any charge, the finest mahogany and carved rosewood in the store, but the Wilkeses obstinately refused.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
14  The mills had been losing money ever since she retired from active supervision, leaving Hugh and Ashley in charge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  And your Uncle Henry enjoys fighting the Yankees in court and out and defending the widow and the orphan--free of charge, I fear--against the Carpetbaggers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
16  I'm transferring ur call to the person in charge.
17  The cell block stood just off the L-shaped charge room, a corridor almost completely without daylight.
18  He is in charge of the municipal housing project.
19  He freed himself of the charge of stealing.
20  You should not demand such an excessive charge.
21  The teacher is in charge of the class.
22  It really depends on who is in charge.
23  You are not in charge of the universe; you are in charge of yourself.
24  The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.
25  The firm had to charge off the debt as hopeless.
26  I was lumbered with the job of taking charge of all the money.
27  The judge reduced the charge to second-degree murder.
28  She is in charge of the housework.
29  We have to make a small charge for refreshments.
30  She accepted the charge without protest.