CHEATING in a Sentence

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For CHEATING, below is one of 70 sentences:
The results among them, even, are long hours of toil, low wages, child labor, and lack of protection against usury and cheating.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHEATING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cheating
 n.  weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
 n.  weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Classic Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1  And, indeed, the merchants tell many a true tale of shiftlessness and cheating; of cotton picked at night, mules disappearing, and tenants absconding.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  Behind this honest and widespread opinion dishonesty and cheating of the ignorant laborers have a good chance to take refuge.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
3  The results among them, even, are long hours of toil, low wages, child labor, and lack of protection against usury and cheating.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  The white man who begins by cheating a Negro usually ends by cheating a white man.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI.
5  I believe that in time, through the operation of intelligence and friendly race relations, all cheating at the ballot-box in the South will cease.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
6  He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
7  I believe that on the day of the murder Adair had discovered that Moran was cheating.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
8  In chess there can be neither luck nor cheating, for everything depends upon skill.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
9  And as for cheating, I venture to inform you that there are no swindlers like them in the whole of creation.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
10  She was conscious that it was impossible to go away; but, cheating herself, she went on all the same sorting out her things and pretending she was going.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 4
11  The unfortunate boy had not only been cheated of the love he thought he had won but also of his high hopes of honor and glory on the field of battle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  She pretended that he cheated her in the price of magazines and candy; he pretended she was a detective from the Twin Cities.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  Krajiek could understand them a little, but he had cheated them in a trade, so they avoided him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
14  She raced all over town on one roller skate, often cheated at 'keeps,' but was such a quick shot one couldn't catch her at it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: II
15  By him you were sure to be cheated unmercifully, and that even though you thought yourself the dearest of the hundreds of friends he had.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  They are cheating but are sophisticated enough to avoid detection.
2  The school takes a tough line on cheating.
3  His cheating on the final examination queered his chances of graduation.
4  I'd found Philippe was cheating on me and I was angry and hurt.
5  Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from the exam.
6  I always feel like I'm cheating a little when I look for the title, because I can't quite figure out what the cartoon is about.
7  The most pure form of pay for performance, executive stock options, resulted in widespread cheating over a decade.
8  He cheated his way into the job.
9  Jim said that his brother had cheated at cards.
10  He cheated her into marrying a rich married man.
11  Amy protested she was being cheated of her rightful share.
12  He had cheated in the test by using a calculator.
13  I decide to fire that snide lawyer; he cheated us in previous cases.
14  He didn't hide his despite in the party because he believed the host cheated.
15  He'd do anything to cover his ass, including lie, cheat and murder.