EXEMPLARY in a Sentence

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13 example sentences for EXEMPLARY, such as:

1. He asked for exemplary punishment.
2. His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.
3. Underpinning this success has been an exemplary record of innovation.
4. And of course,' he said, 'I have to live an exemplary life for the next six or eight months.
5. The Vannis kept exemplary order, and closed every evening at the hour suggested by the city council.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXEMPLARY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exemplary
 a.  serving as model; outstanding; typical
Classic Sentence:
1  She was polite, obliging, cheerful, hopeful; but, the more polite, the more obliging, the more cheerful, the more hopeful, the more exemplary altogether, she; the forlorner Sacrifice and Victim, he.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
2  And of course,' he said, 'I have to live an exemplary life for the next six or eight months.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
3  I must really congratulate your ladyship," said she, "on the play being chosen; for though you have borne it with exemplary patience, I am sure you must be sick of all our noise and difficulties.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
4  She acted as the most exemplary might have acted, being so influenced; she took an airing twice or thrice a day upon the Egdon hills, and kept her eyes employed.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
5  This learned stranger was exemplary as regarded at least the outward forms of a religious life; and early after his arrival, had chosen for his spiritual guide the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
6  These she put down upon the table without a word, glaring at me the while with exemplary firmness, and then retired, locking the door after her.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
7  He asked for exemplary punishment.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 5
8  Morrel could not resist this; he was not exemplary for piety, he was not easily impressed, but Valentine suffering, weeping, wringing her hands before him, was more than he could bear in silence.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
9  The Vannis kept exemplary order, and closed every evening at the hour suggested by the city council.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VIII
10  "We were not an exemplary couple," he added quickly, glancing at Natasha and noticing on her face curiosity as to how he would speak of his wife, "but her death shocked me terribly."
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence:
1  His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.
2  Underpinning this success has been an exemplary record of innovation.
3  But the official Miss America website stresses you performed all your duties in exemplary fashion before you gave up the crown.