FINDING in a Sentence

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331 example sentences for FINDING, such as:

1. She dreads her husband finding out.
2. I had a little bother finding your house.
3. 'No, no,' rejoined Fagin, finding his voice.
4. We have been unsuccessful in finding a new manager.
5. Such a finding as this exquisite antique is rare indeed.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINDING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
finding
 n.  the decision of a court on issues of fact or law
 n.  the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of this American's antecedents.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  He therefore accosted him when he got up to him, with the object of finding out what Lucy Ferrier's fate had been.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  "Daladier," he read finding his place in the column, "has been successful in pegging down the franc."
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
4  I should have no power of keeping you against his wish, and he would have no difficulty, at any time, in finding Mr. Thomas Gradgrind of Coketown.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
5  Mr. Bounderby, who was always more or less like a Wind, finding something in his way here, began to blow at it directly.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
6  Long they fought equally, until the Miller began to lose temper at finding himself so stoutly opposed, and at hearing the laughter of his companions, who, as usual in such cases, enjoyed his vexation.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
7  Miss Chatterley came sometimes, with her aristocratic thin face, and triumphed, finding nothing altered.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
8  He was finding out: and he was getting things into his grip.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
9  Fanny, whether near or from her cousins, whether in the schoolroom, the drawing-room, or the shrubbery, was equally forlorn, finding something to fear in every person and place.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
10  Fanny with doubting feelings had risen to meet him, but sank down again on finding herself undistinguished in the dusk, and unthought of.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
11  Thereby finding in the lowest depth a deeper still; and proving herself a very great experimental philosopher.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  And finding nobody about the parlours, it occurred to him, that he could perhaps originate the proceedings with better effect in the kitchen; so into the kitchen he went.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
13  'No, no,' rejoined Fagin, finding his voice.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
14  He's been to the other kens of course, and finding them filled with strangers come on here, where he's been many a time and often.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
15  Anne and Henrietta, finding themselves the earliest of the party the next morning, agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
Example Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
16  He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions.
17  Police are sifting through the evidence in the hope of finding more clues.
18  The chief executive will set in train the process of finding a successor.
19  I know we need some extra help but it's a matter of finding the right person for the job.
20  I had a little bother finding your house.
21  She dreads her husband finding out.
22  Such a finding as this exquisite antique is rare indeed.
23  The interesting thing about O'Reilly is his sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.
24  Local firms are finding it difficult to compete in the international market.
25  We have been unsuccessful in finding a new manager.
26  She moved to London in the hope of finding work as a model, but failed.
27  The government is having difficulty finding a safe depository for nuclear waste.
28  When it comes to finding a partner, first impressions do count.
29  She's finding it difficult to face up to the possibility of an early death.
30  We need to get on with the job of finding someone to replace him.