DONE in a Sentence

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For DONE, below is one of 412 sentences:
The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret.

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 Meanings and Examples of DONE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
done
 v.  past participle of DO
 a.  having finished or arrived at completion
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  That done, we gradually began to settle down and to accommodate ourselves to our new surroundings.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  I could have done it in twenty-four hours.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4  No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
5  This done, he appeared to be satisfied, for he replaced his tape and his glass in his pocket.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
6  There has been murder done, and the murderer was a man.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
7  The writing on the wall was done with a man's forefinger dipped in blood.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
8  Still I recognized that justice must be done, and that the depravity of the victim was no condonment in the eyes of the law.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
9  Of course after that there was nothing more to be done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
10  That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
11  Yet her bright and happy face reconciled him to the arrangement more than any argument could have done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
12  The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
13  Having done thus he felt easier in his mind, and returned home with a lighter heart.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
14  The greeting between the lovers was warm, but brief, for minutes were precious, and there was much to be done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
15  I've done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  I feel that not enough is being done to protect the local animal life.
17  Without method, little can be done to any good purpose.
18  She's so disorganized she never gets anything done.
19  I did not acknowledge that he had done anything wrong.
20  I have asked the social services for help, but they have not done anything.
21  It was basically a selfish act, though no doubt a sophist would argue that it was done for the general good.
22  I've been rushing around all day trying to get everything done.
23  I like to get everything done before the guests arrive and relax for a moment in the calm before the storm.
24  The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail.
25  Nothing will be done because no one in authority takes the matter seriously.
26  It was done without the principal's authority.
27  What is done cannot be undone.
28  Baby you've done enough that cut your breath.
29  In order to do something you've never done, you have to become someone you've never been.
30  More and more victims turn to litigation to redress wrongs done to them.