CONTRIBUTION in a Sentence

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The hens, said Napoleon, should welcome this sacrifice as their own special contribution towards the building of the windmill.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONTRIBUTION
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contribution
 n.  act of contributing; contribution; payment exacted for special purpose; impost or levy
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  That was where the contribution to the hospital came from.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Mrs. Elsing reported the contribution and the conversation in detail to Mrs. Merriwether.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  Neither grandmother nor I could go out in the storm, so Jake fed the chickens and brought in a pitiful contribution of eggs.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII
4  The hens, said Napoleon, should welcome this sacrifice as their own special contribution towards the building of the windmill.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
5  And his silence made its contribution to talk--Dodge that is, shook his head.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
6  Sometimes the contribution was a quilt, or a quantity of sugarcane.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII.
7  This speaking of small gifts reminds me to say that very few Tuskegee graduates fail to send us an annual contribution.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
8  He certainly did add 'spirit' to the meetings, and 'a tone' to the paper, for his orations convulsed his hearers and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
9  "Oh, certainly, if they are in your way," and sweeping her contributions into her apron, pell-mell, she walked off, feeling that herself and her works of art had been insulted past forgiveness.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
10  Jo unfolded it, and looked much abashed, for it was one of her own contributions to a paper that paid for poetry, which accounted for her sending it an occasional attempt.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
11  They go the rounds of all the respectable houses, and receive contributions every Christmas, and we esteemed it a first-rate treat to hear them.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  Such contributions, together with the buying of land and various other enterprises, showed that the ex-slave was handling some free capital already.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
13  Miss Davidson again began the work of securing in various ways small contributions for the new building from the white and coloured people in and near Tuskegee.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
14  These contributions range from twenty-five cents up to ten dollars.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
15  But for this much money was needed: wherefore from the noble-minded members of the society generous contributions were demanded, and then forwarded to a destination known only to the supreme authorities of the concern.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
16  The bridge, restored for its centenary, is a worthy contribution to future tourism in Durango state.
17  He has made an important contribution to the company's success.
18  I hope this contribution will obviate any need for further collections of funds.
19  The government is struggling to persuade the general public to keep up their contributions to the pension scheme.
20  The candidate's acceptance of major financial contributions from a well known racist ultimately proved detrimental to his campaign, for he lost the backing of many of his early grassroots supporters.
21  Democratic and Republican phone solicitors importune her for contributions so frequently that she decides to give nothing to either party.
22  Your contributions will affect your pension entitlements.
23  Insurance contributions are paid at a fixed percentage rate on all earnings.
24  The three sons also contribute to the family business.
25  Regular outings contribute to a sense of fellowship among co-workers.
26  Rubbishy commercials and harmful programmes contribute to the rise in violence and crime in the street.
27  City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.
28  Everybody should contribute to the discussion.
29  Everyone should contribute what he or she can afford.
30  Every parent is asked to contribute a proportion of the total cost.