DEAL in a Sentence

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For DEAL, below is one of 420 sentences:
There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
deal
 n.  a secret or underhand agreement
 v.  be able to handle competently or successfully
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Still I had had such extraordinary evidence of the quickness of his perceptive faculties, that I had no doubt that he could see a great deal which was hidden from me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  He has a good deal to thank you for, and so have I," she answered, "he's awful fond of me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
3  "I've got a good deal to say," our prisoner said slowly.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
4  It would be quite as deadly, and a good deal less noisy than firing across a handkerchief.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5  To my mind this explains a great deal, comrades.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
6  In the evenings he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled him a great deal.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
7  Also, the lawn would need a deal of clearing up.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
8  The lawyer, looking forth from the entry, could soon see what manner of man he had to deal with.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
9  "Your master seems to repose a great deal of trust in that young man, Poole," resumed the other musingly.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
10  "This will make a deal of noise," he said.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE CAREW MURDER CASE
11  It has elicited a great deal of public feeling, returned Guest.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
12  Childers took one of his hands out of his pockets, stroked his face and chin, and looked, with a good deal of doubt and a little hope, at Mr. Gradgrind.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
13  Mr. Bounderby thinks as father thinks, and is a great deal rougher, and not half so kind.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII
14  I know he had wanted money very much, and had spent a great deal.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
15  Thou art an honest fellow," replied the robber, "I warrant thee; and we worship not St Nicholas so devoutly but what thy thirty zecchins may yet escape, if thou deal uprightly with us.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Anything that will mean a better deal for our children gets my vote.
17  Now he knows he's in the driver's seat and can wait for a better deal.
18  There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.
19  There is still a risk that the whole deal will fall through.
20  Don't worry, the deal's strictly legit.
21  Don't worry; the deal was completely above board.
22  We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal.
23  We have derived a great deal of benefit from her advice.
24  The company derived substantial benefit from the deal.
25  It was Smith who brokered the multimillion dollar deal between the two companies.
26  He bypassed his colleagues on the board and went ahead with the deal.
27  He had to go through the usual rigmarole of signing legal papers in order to complete the business deal.
28  The plan hinges on a deal being struck with a new company.
29  The members of the committee agreed to press for the conference to deal with the problem.
30  This will deal a blow to consumer confidence.