DISPOSAL in a Sentence

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For DISPOSAL, below is one of 205 sentences:
At the second turn, the count stopped the carriage, and requested permission to withdraw, leaving the vehicle at their disposal.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISPOSAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disposal
 n.  the power to use something or someone
 n.  a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
Classic Sentence: (178 in 12 pages)
1  The means at our disposal this afternoon were limited.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
2  He that would live by traffic, must hold himself at the disposal of every one claiming business with him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  She seems a minor, and must therefore be at our royal disposal in marriage.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  Yet so strict were the laws of their society, that no one ventured to appropriate any part of the booty, which was brought into one common mass, to be at the disposal of their leader.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
5  But Mr. Bumble was cunning enough; and he at once saw that an opportunity was opened, for the lucrative disposal of some secret in the possession of his better half.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
6  To a degree, I could contradict this instantly; but, when I began to reflect that others might have felt the same--her own family, nay, perhaps herself--I was no longer at my own disposal.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
7  Mrs. St. Clair has most kindly put two rooms at my disposal, and you may rest assured that she will have nothing but a welcome for my friend and colleague.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
8  A large and comfortable double-bedded room had been placed at our disposal, and I was quickly between the sheets, for I was weary after my night of adventure.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
9  Two methods of self-destruction were at his disposal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. Number 34 and Number 27.
10  But such as is my hermitage, it is at your disposal; such as is my supper, it is yours to share, if you will.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
11  At the second turn, the count stopped the carriage, and requested permission to withdraw, leaving the vehicle at their disposal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
12  I come to say that to-day, and for the remainder of the Carnival, I leave the carriage entirely at your disposal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
13  The period appointed by the testator for the disposal of these riches occurred only a short time ago, and they have only been employed by me within the last few years.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 46. Unlimited Credit.
14  He declared himself entirely at her disposal: the adventure struck him as diverting.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
15  But meanwhile she had the morning to herself, and could muse pleasantly on the disposal of its hours.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  Paint and other chemicals can be taken to a HazMat center for disposal.
2  It takes a lot of nerve to be a bomb disposal expert.
3  The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem.
4  We should not yet abandon this option for the disposal of highly radioactive waste.
5  The disposal of rubbish is always a problem.
6  The government has issued specific instructions on reducing waste disposal.
7  The first and most immediate of these is a certain canny captain of many wars whose regiment is still at the disposal of either army.
8  Getting your feet wet disposes you to catching cold.
9  Her temperament disposed her to argue readily with people.
10  Jon disagreed, but did not feel disposed to argue.
11  He that is disposed for mischief will never want occasion.
12  The business disposed of all its capital assets.
13  Chinese vases are disposed around the gallery.
14  Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.
15  Savings have been disposed of in order to meet the growing gap between income and expenditure.