FINISH in a Sentence

Learn FINISH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

403 example sentences for FINISH, such as:

1. He is anxious to finish the job.
2. We finally opted for the wood finish.
3. If we muck in, we'll soon finish the work.
4. We worked round the clock to finish the job.
5. I'll be annoyed if we don't finish by eight.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINISH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
finish
 v.  come to an end
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "You are lying," said Nozdrev without even letting him finish.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
2  "No; it will not be possible to finish the game," replied Chichikov, glancing out of the window.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
3  "He is not at home," she replied, almost before her interlocutor had had time to finish.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
4  Oh, gentlemen, do you know, perhaps I consider myself an intelligent man, only because all my life I have been able neither to begin nor to finish anything.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: V
5  It was dark; though I tried my best I could not finish dressing quickly.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VII
6  Two footmen, the princess' and his own, stood holding a shawl and a cloak, waiting for the conversation to finish.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI
7  He did not finish his sentence, but his tone showed how highly he thought of his friend and how much he expected of him in the future.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII
8  He spoke so rapidly that he did not finish half his words, but his son was accustomed to understand him.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXVIII
9  He could not finish, and ran out of the room.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
10  But the staff officer did not finish what he wanted to say.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX
11  but before Prince Andrew could finish, an aide-de-camp came in to summon Dolgorukov to the Emperor.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX
12  Prince Andrew went out of the room, and then, leaving "God's folk" to finish their tea, Princess Mary took Pierre into the drawing room.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIV
13  He did not finish, but gave a painfully unnatural smile.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVIII
14  "Yet you do not care to avail yourself of the privilege, Prince," said Speranski, indicating by a smile that he wished to finish amiably an argument which was embarrassing for his companion.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V
15  Simon did not finish, for on the still air he had distinctly caught the music of the hunt with only two or three hounds giving tongue.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
16  It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
17  The horse made a mira-culous recovery to finish a close third.
18  See if the frame fits to the door, and if it does, then finish making it.
19  Do not finish the dream will only let us hardly wished to live.
20  Early pacemakers often drop out of a race before the finish.
21  I'll be annoyed if we don't finish by eight.
22  You can have the photos with either a gloss or a matt finish.
23  We finally opted for the wood finish.
24  My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me.
25  We worked round the clock to finish the job.
26  Donald's been given an extension to finish his thesis.
27  If we muck in, we'll soon finish the work.
28  Stepping forward can't finish the distance while going backwards can't get rid of the memory.
29  He is anxious to finish the job.
30  The book was so dull that I didn't finish it.