CLUSTER in a Sentence

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68 example sentences for CLUSTER, such as:

1. A cluster of dark nods replied, Yes.
2. The village clusters round the church.
3. People clustered round the notice board.
4. The plant bears its flowers in clusters.
5. The patrol could form a cluster in this open space.

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 Meanings and Examples of CLUSTER
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cluster
 n.  group; bunch; group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  She always felt uneasy driving past this dirty, sordid cluster of discarded army tents and slave cabins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
2  A cluster of dark nods replied, Yes.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
3  When Magua reached the cluster of lolling savages, who, gorged with their disgusting meal, lay stretched on the earth in brutal indulgence, he commenced speaking with the dignity of an Indian chief.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
4  The young warrior had halted over a group of females who lay in a cluster, a confused mass of dead.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
5  Duncan kept close at his heels, and soon found himself in the center of a cluster of twenty anxious relatives and friends.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
6  He slowly lifted his rifle and catching a glimpse of the thickspread field he blazed at a cantering cluster.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  A cluster of grave yet cheerful pansies on a deeper purple ground was pronounced very appropriate and pretty, and Beth worked away early and late, with occasional lifts over hard parts.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIX
8  A cluster of tea-rose buds at the bosom, and a ruche, reconciled Meg to the display of her pretty, white shoulders, and a pair of high-heeled silk boots satisfied the last wish of her heart.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
9  Till Elizabeth entered the drawing-room at Netherfield, and looked in vain for Mr. Wickham among the cluster of red coats there assembled, a doubt of his being present had never occurred to her.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
10  Mrs. Rushworth was gone to repeat her lesson to Mr. Crawford; and Edmund, Fanny, and Miss Crawford remained in a cluster together.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  In the heart of this cluster of huts; and skirting the river, which its upper stories overhung; stood a large building, formerly used as a manufactory of some kind.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  Before Sir Walter had reached this point, Anne's eyes had caught the right direction, and distinguished Captain Wentworth standing among a cluster of men at a little distance.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
13  This cluster supported a trellis-work of brass wire which was simply placed upon it, but artistically applied, and held by fastenings of iron wire, so that it enveloped all three holes.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
14  One cluster broke into a curiosity shop in the Rue des Vielles Haudriettes, and seized yataghans and Turkish arms.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
15  The patrol could form a cluster in this open space.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
Example Sentence:
1  The powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck a cluster of small villages and towns in the remote region of Xinjiang.
2  An olive branch or sprig is located above the Roman numerals, with a bound cluster of three arrows below.
3  The story starts off as a disaster narrative, as most of humanity gets wiped out by a flu virus and the few survivors begin to cluster together.
4  The powerful earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, struck a cluster of small villages and towns in the remote border region.
5  The sun blazed down on all of us: friends, family, servants and a cluster of barefoot neighborhood kids.
6  The boys and girls clustered together round the camp fire telling stories and singing songs.
7  The boys and girls clustered together round the camp fire telling stories and sanging songs.
8  The students clustered round the old soldiers to hear the story.
9  Mean little houses clustered under the railway arches.
10  People clustered round the notice board.
11  Over the next few weeks, the plants' maiden blossoms will proliferate and form clusters, most noticeably at the branch tips.
12  It provides an overview of a diverse set of more than thirty digital library aggregation services, organizes them into functional clusters.
13  The village clusters round the church.
14  The plant bears its flowers in clusters.