COMMENT in a Sentence

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For COMMENT, below is one of 193 sentences:
Many people commented on the contrast between the prim attire of the young lady and the inappropriate clothing worn by her escort.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
comment
 v.  express an opinion; remark
Classic Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1  She looked as if she expected some comment from Scarlett but the words had made little sense to her and she could think of nothing to say.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
2  Even had she not known it, Rhett's comment on the subject had been frank enough.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
3  Mrs. Fisher lived in an East side street near the Park, and as the two men walked down Fifth Avenue the new architectural developments of that versatile thoroughfare invited Van Alstyne's comment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
4  I have no claim to know them," Selden answered, ignoring her tone; "no claim to offer any comment or suggestion beyond the one I have already made.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
5  Miss Haines offered no comment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
6  The clerk had read the prescription without comment; but in the act of handing out the bottle he paused.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
7  "Gimme the butter, Carrie," was Kennicott's comment.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  That evening Kennicott gave her, without comment, an envelope.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
9  Her new clothes were the subject of caustic comment.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
10  Any one may possess the portrait of a tragedian without exciting suspicion or comment.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
11  She placed it in Edna's hands, and without further comment arose and went to the piano.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
12  As the rights of hospitality were, however, considered sacred among them, this little departure from the dignity of manhood excited no audible comment.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
13  The sergeant, taking note of this, gave pause to his elaborate history while he administered a sardonic comment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
14  He had been slow in the act of producing the packet because during it he had been trying to invent a remarkable comment on the affair.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
15  He desired to say, "All quiet on the Rappahannock," but the guns refused to permit even a comment upon their uproar.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (87 in 6 pages)
16  A member of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, Miss Rafferty is well-placed to comment.
17  Mrs Hardie refrained from making any comment.
18  I would prefer not to pass comment before I have more information on the case.
19  The press should be free to publish and comment on all aspects of political and social life.
20  His recently completed chapel for Fitzwilliam is attracting favourable comment.
21  My cousins, full of exhilaration, were so eloquent in narrative and comment, that their fluency covered him.
22  This analogy is almost always noted without further comment, although in fact it may be taken further.
23  She refused to comment about David Beckham's eye injury.
24  At the outset of the November 16 meeting, I will provide some comment on.
25  That sort of comment based upon hearsay is irresponsible.
26  I can easily see him making that comment in jest and then some site running it as gospel.
27  They dislike you because your quip and sarcastic comment for their event.
28  Employees were reluctant to talk as they filed in and out of the building, having been asked to refrain from comment.
29  Unless, that is, you believe that when someone makes a public comment on a media website, that is something that is voluntarily done and should not be stricken from the record - except when what is at stake is a matter of life and death.
30  Many people commented on the contrast between the prim attire of the young lady and the inappropriate clothing worn by her escort.