DICTIONARY in a Sentence

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For DICTIONARY, below is one of 48 sentences:
In putting together his dictionary of the English language, Doctor Johnson undertook a laborious task.

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 Meanings and Examples of DICTIONARY
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dictionary
 n.  a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information
Classic Sentence:
1  I see it warn't nothing but a dictionary, so I laid my hand on it and said it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI.
2  Valentine then took the dictionary, and the notary watched her while she turned over the pages.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 59. The Will.
3  Noirtier's eye was fixed on the dictionary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
4  Valentine rose to fetch the dictionary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 93. Valentine.
5  As soon as she was gone, Noirtier made a sign to Morrel to take the dictionary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 93. Valentine.
6  Fain am I to stagger to this emprise under the weightiest words of the dictionary.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
7  The dictionary afforded me little or no help.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  I could hear a lot of words often repeated, queer words, for there were many nationalities in the crowd; so I quietly got my polyglot dictionary from my bag and looked them out.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
9  He spent the time still remaining to him with a dictionary, copying out obscure words he would need to guide the Italian round the cathedral.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
10  I know nearly one thousand words, which is all that is absolutely necessary, although I believe there are nearly one hundred thousand in the dictionaries.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16. A Learned Italian.
11  Cranly was sitting over near the dictionaries.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
16  Pronunciations are shown in this dictionary using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
17  A list of phonetic symbols is given in the front of the dictionary.
18  A dictionary tells you what words mean.
19  I decided to consult a medical dictionary.
20  At present I'm engaged with the revision of my dictionary.
21  The cross - references refer you to information in other parts of the dictionary.
22  Refer to the dictionary when you don't know how to spell a word.
23  If you don't know the spelling of a word, you should refer to a dictionary.
24  If the dictionary is properly marketed, it should sell very well.
25  Dr Johnson undertook the task of writing a comprehensive English dictionary.
26  He took a dictionary to hold down the test papers for fear that they might be blown away by the wind.
27  This dictionary has sixty thousand entries.
28  I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary.
29  In putting together his dictionary of the English language, Doctor Johnson undertook a laborious task.
30  His desk was cluttered with paper, pen, ink, dictionary and other paraphernalia of the writing craft.