COUNT in a Sentence

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258 example sentences for COUNT, such as:

1. Please count me in on this project.
2. She counted on her card, but failed.
3. Such small defects count indeed for nothing.
4. She can count up to one hundred and backward.
5. He then set himself to work to count his fortune.

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 Meanings and Examples of COUNT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
count
 v.  add up
 n.  calculation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Every rib could be counted and every joint of the spine, though Mistress Mary did not count them as she bent over and examined them with a solemn savage little face.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  And Jim said you mustn't count the things you are going to cook for dinner, because that would bring bad luck.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII.
3  When we got back to the raft and he come to count up he found he had collected eighty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX.
4  Most everybody would a been satisfied with the pile, and took it on trust; but no, they must count it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV.
5  An aged count once lived in Switzerland, who had an only son, but he was stupid, and could learn nothing.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE THREE LANGUAGES
6  And just as that was decided on, the young count entered into the church, and suddenly two snow-white doves flew on his shoulders and remained sitting there.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE THREE LANGUAGES
7  "An island situated on the other side of the equator, at least two thousand leagues from here," replied the count.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. The Deputy Procureur du Roi.
8  The celebrated breviary remained in the family, and was in the count's possession.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18. The Treasure.
9  He then set himself to work to count his fortune.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
10  Signor Pastrini drew from his fob a magnificent Breguet, bearing the name of its maker, of Parisian manufacture, and a count's coronet.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
11  One day the young shepherd told the count's steward that he had seen a wolf come out of the Sabine mountains, and prowl around his flock.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
12  This gun had an excellent barrel, made at Breschia, and carrying a ball with the precision of an English rifle; but one day the count broke the stock, and had then cast the gun aside.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
13  The young man looked, bowed in obedience, and then went to Teresa, and invited her to dance in a quadrille directed by the count's daughter.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
14  "Indeed," returned the count, motioning the two young men to sit down.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata.
15  He resolved, therefore, to let things take their course without making any direct overture to the count.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35. La Mazzolata.
Example Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
16  She can count up to one hundred and backward.
17  Such small defects count indeed for nothing.
18  Sorry I'm late, I didn't count on being held up in the traffic.
19  Exit polls suggest a big Labour majority, but the true picture will only be known after the count.
20  When it comes to finding a partner, first impressions do count.
21  The recent political incident will inevitably count against the peace process of the two countries.
22  Please count me in on this project.
23  Don't go over that line or your throw won't count.
24  We want to lug this h-yer money up stairs and count it before everybody -- then ther' ain't noth'n suspicious.
25  That would be awesome - a typical abacus can count up to something like 11 million.
26  All I can offer, and I hope it doesn't sound hollow or trite, is the suggestion that you take some real time now to count and give thanks for what you've got.
27  It advocated closing a loophole which means that money spent on hiring staff does not count towards a campaign's spending limits.
28  In the past, companies with sloppy approaches have been able to count on their customers' lack of interest in cybersecurity which has dwindled over the years despite a succession of hacking scandals.
29  The basic point is that sanctions cannot be counted on to produce a sure result.
30  She counted on her card, but failed.