FINISHED in a Sentence

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403 example sentences for FINISHED, such as:

1. They finished in joint first place.
2. I went home directly I had finished work.
3. We have finally finished the research work.
4. He finished the tea and laid the cup aside.
5. They finished the house within half a year.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINISHED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
finished
 a.  ended or completed
 v.  (past tense) complete and perfect in detail; put the final touches on
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When I looked at him he had finished reading the note, and his eyes had assumed the vacant, lack-lustre expression which showed mental abstraction.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  Having finished his scrutiny, he proceeded slowly down the path, or rather down the fringe of grass which flanked the path, keeping his eyes riveted upon the ground.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  The prayer finished, they resumed their seat in the shadow of the boulder until the child fell asleep, nestling upon the broad breast of her protector.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
4  When he finished we sat for some minutes in a stillness which was only broken by the scratching of Lestrade's pencil as he gave the finishing touches to his shorthand account.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5  In the end they finished the harvest in two days' less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
6  By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
7  When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
8  They had just finished singing it for the third time when Squealer, attended by two dogs, approached them with the air of having something important to say.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
9  In the autumn, by a tremendous, exhausting effort--for the harvest had to be gathered at almost the same time--the windmill was finished.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
10  And at the end, almost too weak to speak, he whispered in my ear that his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
11  The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished, so it was said, the dynamos would be installed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
12  He had finished his fish; he had eaten quickly, not to keep them waiting.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
13  The Knight had scarcely finished a hasty meal, ere his menial announced to him that five men, each leading a barbed steed, desired to speak with him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
14  He was the trembling excited sort of lover, whose crisis soon came, and was finished.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
15  The physical desire he did not satisfy in her; he was always come and finished so quickly, then shrinking down on her breast, and recovering somewhat his effrontery while she lay dazed, disappointed, lost.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
16  They finished the house within half a year.
17  The work was finished on time and within budget.
18  We have finally finished the research work.
19  He is still busy; he has not finished his work yet.
20  We sweated blood to get the work finished on time.
21  They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.
22  He finished the tea and laid the cup aside.
23  If they plough on until it's dark, they would get this field finished.
24  Despite the adverse conditions, the road was finished in just eight months.
25  I went home directly I had finished work.
26  Of eight starters, only three finished the race.
27  Schmidt finished second, losing by a whisker in the final event.
28  They finished in joint first place.
29  Of the five starters in the race only three finished.
30  When the kitchen is finished I'm going to focus my attention on the garden and get that sorted out.