ENVIRONS in a Sentence

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These encounters with strange children are one of the charming and at the same time poignant graces of the environs of Paris.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENVIRONS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
environs
 n.  parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  These encounters with strange children are one of the charming and at the same time poignant graces of the environs of Paris.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS
2  The remainder of the troops were confined to their barracks, without reckoning the regiments of the environs of Paris.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
3  Besides, it came into the young man's mind that by remaining in the environs of the spot on which this sad event had passed, he would, perhaps, have some light thrown upon the mysterious affair.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 24 THE PAVILION
4  But my toils now drew near a close, and in two months from this time I reached the environs of Geneva.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
5  We passed a considerable period at Oxford, rambling among its environs and endeavouring to identify every spot which might relate to the most animating epoch of English history.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
6  When last seen, the environs of the works were filled with violence and uproar.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
7  They were in the environs of Mansfield long before the usual dinner-time, and as they approached the beloved place, the hearts of both sisters sank a little.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
8  "Since Prince Bagration is not coming, we may begin," said Weyrother, hurriedly rising from his seat and going up to the table on which an enormous map of the environs of Brunn was spread out.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XII
9  They were sure of themselves and of their environment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  But Mr. Rosedale wanted, in the long run, a more individual environment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
11  He had meant to keep free from permanent ties, not from any poverty of feeling, but because, in a different way, he was, as much as Lily, the victim of his environment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
12  Moral complications existed for her only in the environment that had produced them; she did not mean to slight or ignore them, but they lost their reality when they changed their background.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
13  The environment in which Lily found herself was as strange to her as its inhabitants.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
14  That she was seeing with different eyes and making the acquaintance of new conditions in herself that colored and changed her environment, she did not yet suspect.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIV
15  It was utterly useless to caution them and plead with them; quite without knowing it, they were taking on the tone of their new environment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
16  Quite rightly, the environment is of great concern.
17  Matters of pollution and the environment concern us all.
18  Concern for the environment is at the core of our policies.
19  The economics of maintaining a safe environment are not just the concern of the government.
20  Many people are concerned about the pollution of the environment.
21  She's very concerned about the environment.
22  We are using up our natural resources and at the same time polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals.
23  Buildings should create minimum disturbance to the environment.
24  This chapter explores the linkage between economic development and the environment.
25  Lack of discipline at home meant that many pupils found it difficult to settle in to the ordered environment of the school.
26  Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
27  We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.
28  Protecting the environment is every man's responsibility.
29  A comfortable working environment will increase productivity.
30  Cars are useful, but their impact on the environment is another matter altogether.