DUMP in a Sentence

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For DUMP, below is one of 47 sentences:
One boy, on whose face a blond fuzz had just begun to sprout, was dumped on the front porch by a mounted soldier bound for Fayetteville.

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 Meanings and Examples of DUMP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dump
 v.  sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  He had never lost a boat or even been forced to dump a cargo.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  Beyond this dump there stood a great brickyard, with smoking chimneys.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  It was Scully, for instance, who owned that dump which Jurgis and Ona had seen the first day of their arrival.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  Sometimes, in the haste of speeding-up, they would dump one of the animals out on the floor before it was fully stunned, and it would get upon its feet and run amuck.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  He had fallen in with some other children and found the way to Mike Scully's dump, which lay three or four blocks away.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
6  Juozapas was away raking in the dump a good part of the time, and Elzbieta and Marija were hunting for more work.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
7  She could have left them in Atlanta, dumped Melanie into the hospital and deserted her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  The railroad had carried the remains of Johnston's army from North Carolina to Atlanta and dumped them there, and from Atlanta they began their pilgrimages afoot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  One boy, on whose face a blond fuzz had just begun to sprout, was dumped on the front porch by a mounted soldier bound for Fayetteville.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  "It's so cold when you get dumped in the snow," said Mrs. Elder, indifferently.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  When they had speared out all they could reach, they emptied the vat on the floor, and then with shovels scraped up the balance and dumped it into the truck.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  They looked to be dumped out upon the ground from the sky.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  They pried off the lid with their shovels, got out the body and dumped it rudely on the ground.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  Suddenly Pierre heaved a deep sigh and dumped his heavy person down on the sofa beside Prince Andrew.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXII
15  At last frocks ceased to appear, and he dropped hopelessly into the dumps; he entered the empty schoolhouse and sat down to suffer.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  Critics argue they encourage Europe's farmers to dump produce on world markets.
2  They saw him draw a bucket of gravel from the hole and tilt it on the edge of the dump.
3  Chloe consulted her horoscope to see whether Tuesday would be a propitious day to dump her boyfriend.
4  People dump their refuse in the surrounding woods instead of taking it to the tip.
5  Local residents have organized a protest against the planned dump site.
6  Just dump your stuff over there-we'll sort it out later.
7  Western countries often dumped surplus goods into Third World countries.
8  The body had been dumped in a pit.
9  Toxic chemicals continue to be dumped in the North Sea.
10  All the data is then dumped into the main computer.
11  She was unceremoniously dumped to be replaced by a leader who could win the election.
12  I have been dumped on too often; I don't trust people too far.
13  The first baseman was dumped from the team.
14  He came in with four shopping bags and dumped them on the table.
15  We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market.