CHUNK in a Sentence

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For CHUNK, below is one of 8 sentences:
They saw a fire smouldering upon a great raft a hundred yards above, and they went stealthily thither and helped themselves to a chunk.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHUNK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
chunk
 n.  a thick mass or piece, amount
Classic Sentence:
1  Then she seized the chunk of fire and suddenly thrust it almost into the boy's face.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  They saw a fire smouldering upon a great raft a hundred yards above, and they went stealthily thither and helped themselves to a chunk.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  It was only a stone or a chunk.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
4  A great chunk of the shore had been bitten out by some spring freshet, and the scar was masked by elder bushes, growing down to the water in flowery terraces.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIV
Example Sentence:
1  He bit off a large chunk of bread / He bit a large chunk of bread off.
2  As with the national budget, defense takes a big chunk out of our software spending.
3  In effect, Congress repeatedly gave away a sizable chunk of power to the unelected civil servants who staff federal agencies.
4  Mary, get me a silk thread, and a chunk of fire out of the kitchen.