DISPOSE in a Sentence

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For DISPOSE, below is one of 205 sentences:
We are not on duty, and we believed that not being on duty we were at liberty to dispose of our time as we pleased.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISPOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dispose
 v.  get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
Classic Sentence: (178 in 12 pages)
1  He imagined, and calmly could he imagine it, that her extravagance, and consequent distress, had obliged her to dispose of it for some immediate relief.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
2  I began to dispose of the more portable articles of property that very evening; and went out on a similar expedition almost every morning, before I went to Murdstone and Grinby's.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
3  My money was all gone, I had nothing left to dispose of; I was hungry, thirsty, and worn out; and seemed as distant from my end as if I had remained in London.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. THE SEQUEL OF MY RESOLUTION
4  No, I have not been able to dispose of Mr. Jack Maldon yet.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
5  The worm is at his work, and will soon dispose of his victim.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
6  He had a great deal of leisure and intellectual energy still to dispose of.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 1
7  He had not examined and weighed the right which man takes to dispose of the irrevocable and the irreparable.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN
8  If my Musketeers are guilty, sire, the guilty shall be placed in your Majesty's hands, who will dispose of them at your good pleasure.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
9  It is mine, and I am at liberty to dispose of it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME
10  We are not on duty, and we believed that not being on duty we were at liberty to dispose of our time as we pleased.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 51 OFFICER
11  Monseigneur," said he, "my life is yours; henceforth dispose of it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
12  It matters little now, except as it may dispose you to think more leniently of his errors.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
13  I was made in the cheapest market, and have to dispose of myself in the dearest.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
14  Then, he hastily proceeded to dispose the watches and jewellery beneath his clothing.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  There was only a small part of his estate that Sir Walter could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it would have made no difference.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  Do not use them to dispose of household trash.
2  The cost to inactivate and dispose of a nuclear carrier is estimated at 887 million.
3  The low salary did not dispose him to accept the position.
4  His criminal record does not dispose me to trust him.
5  Getting your feet wet disposes you to catching cold.
6  Her temperament disposed her to argue readily with people.
7  Jon disagreed, but did not feel disposed to argue.
8  He that is disposed for mischief will never want occasion.
9  The business disposed of all its capital assets.
10  Chinese vases are disposed around the gallery.
11  Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.
12  Savings have been disposed of in order to meet the growing gap between income and expenditure.
13  They are likely to be well disposed to an offer of a separate peace deal.
14  Management is favourably disposed to the idea of job-sharing.
15  She seems favourably disposed to the move.