DISC in a Sentence

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For DISC, below is one of 19 sentences:
The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISC
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disc
 n.  flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
Classic Sentence:
1  Amphialus excelled all the others in jumping, while at throwing the disc there was no one who could approach Elatreus.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
2  So he hurried up without even taking his cloak off, and seized a disc, larger, more massive and much heavier than those used by the Phaeacians when disc-throwing among themselves.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
3  Young men," said he, "come up to that throw if you can, and I will throw another disc as heavy or even heavier.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VIII
4  A needle scraped a disc; chuff, chuff chuff; then having found the rut, there was a roll and a flutter which portended God.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
5  Then, holding each other's hand, they were again silent, and the shadow on the moon's disc grew a little larger.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
6  The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
7  I reached him just as the sun was going down, and from his window saw the red disc sink.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  He too gazed at the pale disc of the moon, now nearly veiled, and seemed to meditate.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
9  Several discs of metal, old coins apparently, such as I hold here, were scattered over the bottom of the box, but it contained nothing else.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
10  They had spent the morning raking among the ashes of the burned wood-pile, and besides the charred organic remains they had secured several discoloured metal discs.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
11  Meanwhile the suitors were throwing discs or aiming with spears at a mark on the levelled ground in front of Ulysses' house, and were behaving with all their old insolence.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
Example Sentence:
1  The report form is available on disc from Personnel.
2  The edge of the disc had been machined flat/smooth.
3  The compact disc is a miracle of modern technology.
4  A laser is used to etch a pattern in the smooth surface of the disc.
5  Their latest disc is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
6  You can't copy your file with this disc; it's full.
7  They can't distinguish between legitimate discs and pirated ones and despite their super-sensitive noses they still can't tell the difference between movies that are worth watching and the real stinkers.
8  The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.