FREQUENT in a Sentence

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As a result, firms employing them need to recruit frequently to replace those who choose not to renew their contracts.

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 Meanings and Examples of FREQUENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
frequent
 v.  do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
 a.  frequently encountered
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters' toilets by frequent telegrams from the window.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
2  A very merry lunch it was, for everything seemed fresh and funny, and frequent peals of laughter startled a venerable horse who fed near by.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
3  Mr. Laurie is as full of didoes as usual, and turns the house upside down frequent, but he heartens the girls, so I let em hev full swing.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
4  As friends you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
5  His meals were interrupted by the frequent flight of the presiding genius, who deserted him, half-helped, if a muffled chirp sounded from the nest above.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
6  If her face was turned homeward, he had merely strolled down to see the river, and was just returning, unless they were tired of his frequent calls.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
7  HELMER has taken up a position beside the stove, and during her dance gives her frequent instructions.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
8  Hannah, the servant, was my most frequent visitor.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  But besides his frequent absences, there was another barrier to friendship with him: he seemed of a reserved, an abstracted, and even of a brooding nature.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  Miss Oliver already honoured me with frequent visits to my cottage.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  He has maintained a regular, though not frequent, correspondence ever since: he hopes I am happy, and trusts I am not of those who live without God in the world, and only mind earthly things.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  Elizabeth soon heard from her friend; and their correspondence was as regular and frequent as it had ever been; that it should be equally unreserved was impossible.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
13  Their engagements at Rosings were as frequent during the last week of her stay as they had been at first.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37
14  Elizabeth listened as little as she could, but there was no escaping the frequent mention of Wickham's name.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39
15  She had not been many hours at home before she found that the Brighton scheme, of which Lydia had given them a hint at the inn, was under frequent discussion between her parents.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
16  He frequently exhibits at the art gallery.
17  Instead of defending traditional values, the church frequently seems weak-kneed and irresolute.
18  Those who believe money can do everything are frequently prepared to do everything for money.
19  These thatched roofs frequently catch fire.
20  Historians frequently ask to consult the collection.
21  His outspoken views would frequently bring him into conflict with the president.
22  The girl had been molested frequently by her stepfather from the age of eight.
23  When you try to get credit for taxes paid by your employee, one of two problems frequently arises.
24  Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests, especially rats.
25  One who frequently looks back can't go far.
26  She's written a program to find words which frequently occur together.
27  He is frequently misquoted in the press.
28  The program automatically selects and stores the most frequently used data.
29  The reality of mothering is frequently very different from the romantic ideal.
30  As a result, firms employing them need to recruit frequently to replace those who choose not to renew their contracts.