EQUAL in a Sentence

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For EQUAL, below is one of 317 sentences:
The Lady Rowena had watched the progress of the day with equal attention, though without openly betraying the same intense interest.

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 Meanings and Examples of EQUAL
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equal
 a.  being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
2  Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
3  And certainly the hate that now divided them was equal on each side.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4  Since the time of her leaving home, Sissy had lived with the rest of the family on equal terms.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
5  The champions a second time sprung from their stations, and closed in the centre of the lists, with the same speed, the same dexterity, the same violence, but not the same equal fortune as before.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  The Lady Rowena had watched the progress of the day with equal attention, though without openly betraying the same intense interest.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  A Jewish magician might be the subject of equal abhorrence with a Jewish usurer, but he could not be equally despised.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  Cedric, seated in equal rank among his countrymen, seemed yet, by common consent, to act as chief of the assembly.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
9  Nothing could be so gratifying to me as to hear your opinion of it," was his answer; "but I fear there would be some disappointment: you would not find it equal to your present ideas.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  There was a charm, perhaps, in his sincerity, his steadiness, his integrity, which Miss Crawford might be equal to feel, though not equal to discuss with herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  She has a great desire to get as far as Mansfield Common: Mrs. Grant has been telling her of its fine views, and I have no doubt of her being perfectly equal to it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  In the drawing-room they were met with equal cordiality by the mother, and Miss Bertram had all the distinction with each that she could wish.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  With more than equal civility the offer was declined; she did not wish to dance.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
14  Sir Henry thought the duke not equal to Frederick, but that was because Sir Henry wanted the part himself; whereas it was certainly in the best hands of the two.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
15  To do him justice, however, he did not resolve to appropriate it; for remembering that there was some very good ranting-ground in Frederick, he professed an equal willingness for that.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
16  She's the equal of her brother as far as intelligence is concerned.
17  Each of the fifty states casts electoral college votes equal to the number of its delegates in Congress.
18  I hope they continue to fight for equal justice after I'm gone.
19  The data transmission is split into a number of packets of equal size.
20  Applicants should have a degree or a qualification of equal status.
21  The club eventually capitulated and now grants equal rights to women.
22  It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody.
23  Twelve inches are equal to one foot.
24  The police force is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.
25  One li is equal to half a kilometre.
26  A dollar is equal to one hundred cents.
27  The idea of equal opportunities was strongly promoted by many Labour MPs.
28  The judge awarded both finalists equal points.
29  The law requires equal treatment for all, regardless of race, religion, or sex.
30  In the grave the rich and poor lie equal.