DOCTOR in a Sentence

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My good Utterson," said the doctor, "this is very good of you, this is downright good of you, and I cannot find words to thank you in.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOCTOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
doctor
 n.  a person licensed to practice medicine
 n.  person who has received the highest university degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The people who had turned out were the girl's own family; and pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent, put in his appearance.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
2  But the doctor's case was what struck me.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
3  This hall, in which he was now left alone, was a pet fancy of his friend the doctor's; and Utterson himself was wont to speak of it as the pleasantest room in London.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
4  A close observer might have gathered that the topic was distasteful; but the doctor carried it off gaily.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
5  You do not under-stand my position, returned the doctor, with a certain incoherency of manner.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
6  My good Utterson," said the doctor, "this is very good of you, this is downright good of you, and I cannot find words to thank you in.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
7  Well, but since we have touched upon this business, and for the last time I hope," continued the doctor, "there is one point I should like you to understand.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
8  The doctor had bought the house from the heirs of a celebrated surgeon; and his own tastes being rather chemical than anatomical, had changed the destination of the block at the bottom of the garden.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
9  At the further end, a flight of stairs mounted to a door covered with red baize; and through this, Mr. Utterson was at last received into the doctor's cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
10  Utterson, I swear to God," cried the doctor, "I swear to God I will never set eyes on him again.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
11  The doctor seemed seized with a qualm of faintness: he shut his mouth tight and nodded.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
12  There at least he was not denied admittance; but when he came in, he was shocked at the change which had taken place in the doctor's appearance.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
13  It was unlikely that the doctor should fear death; and yet that was what Utterson was tempted to suspect.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
14  I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor, drearily, "very low.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW
15  "That is just what I was about to venture to propose," returned the doctor with a smile.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
17  The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days.
18  The doctor was in touch by telephone with his patients.
19  Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor.
20  The doctor concluded that further treatment would be useless.
21  The doctor opened up his stomach to get at the source of the trouble.
22  The doctor has injected him under the skin.
23  I rescheduled my doctor's appointment for later in the week.
24  When the sun comes in, the doctor goes out.
25  Where the sun enterd, the doctor does not.
26  If you are in any doubt as to whether you should be doing these exercises, consult your doctor.
27  The word "dentist"denotes a doctor whose work is the care of teeth.
28  The doctor said there was nothing wrong with me.
29  He qualified as a doctor last year.
30  He's been given a clean bill of health by the doctor.