COMPUTER in a Sentence

Learn COMPUTER from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For COMPUTER, below is one of 217 sentences:
We compute the Tramecksan, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side.

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 Meanings and Examples of COMPUTER
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computer
 n.  a machine for performing calculations automatically
Classic Sentence:
1  We rowed, by my computation, about three leagues, till we were able to work no longer, being already spent with labour while we were in the ship.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
2  By the same computation, they provided me with sheets, blankets, and coverlets, tolerable enough for one who had been so long inured to hardships.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
3  On a moderate computation, it was many months, that Sunday, since I had left Joe and Biddy.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
4  We compute the Tramecksan, or high heels, to exceed us in number; but the power is wholly on our side.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
5  They were in all not above twenty-five thousand foot, and six thousand horse; but it was impossible for me to compute their number, considering the space of ground they took up.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VII.
6  It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
7  I computed the number of our people, by reckoning how many millions there might be of each religious sect, or political party among us.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  There is a dynamic ball in the computer.
17  All applicants for the job should have a basic grounding in computer skills.
18  The language this computer uses is BASIC.
19  A degree in computer science offers a fast track to the top.
20  Most computer users have never received any formal keyboard training.
21  We're having a lot of trouble with the new computer system.
22  Officials type each passport number into a computer.
23  I'm unfamiliar with this type of computer.
24  If you type in the search string 'ing', the computer will find all the words containing 'ing'.
25  He has a stack of computer equipment he's knocked off from various shops.
26  The video provides instruction on how to operate the computer.
27  A school technician pirated anything from video nasties to computer games.
28  The computer verified that/whether the data was loaded correctly.
29  I hoped I would find the computer course a useful adjunct to my other studies.
30  The new computer system is not being fully utilized yet.