FUNDING in a Sentence

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Most of the addresses in the North were made for the direct purpose of getting funds with which to support the school.

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 Meanings and Examples of FUNDING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
funding
 n.  act of financing; financial resources provided to make some project possible
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  The agent's son embezzled the funds and ran off with them.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  One day, when we were holding a meeting to secure funds for its erection, an old, ante-bellum coloured man came a distance of twelve miles and brought in his ox-cart a large hog.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
3  After we had secured all the help that we could in Tuskegee, Miss Davidson decided to go North for the purpose of securing additional funds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX.
4  After that kindly introduction I began going North alone to secure funds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
5  In my efforts to get funds I have had some experiences that may be of interest to my readers.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
6  We were in great distress because of lack of funds, and the nervous strain was tremendous.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
7  She not only continued to work in the school at Tuskegee, but also kept up her habit of going North to secure funds.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
8  Most of the addresses in the North were made for the direct purpose of getting funds with which to support the school.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
9  You see, all of our Confederate funds belong to the Yankees now--at least, the Yankees think so.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  Misuse of public funds, waste and corruption had reached such proportions during his administration that the edifice was toppling of its own weight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
11  The negroes had frolicked through the legislature, grasping aliens had mismanaged the government, private individuals had enriched themselves from public funds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
12  The truth was that her funds, as usual, were inconveniently low; and to neither Dorset nor his wife could this vulgar embarrassment be safely hinted.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
13  But, turning another page or two, he discovered with astonishment that, in spite of this recent accession of funds, the balance had already declined to a few dollars.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 14
14  Not in twenty years would the council propose or Gopher Prairie vote the funds for a new city hall.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
15  The company, Ezra explained to Carol, had no funds for giving pensions.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
16  Now the Gates Foundation hopes that its funding will help co-ordinate large scale collaborative projects that can crack the major scientific problems.
17  I again implore Congress to do the right thing and pass this funding.
18  Even so, the National Cancer Institute is intrigued enough to be providing a million dollars of funding to produce enough of the genetically engineered cold virus.
19  International Development Agency awards funding after a series of what they call questionable decisions.
20  The funding proposal put to Greece by its creditors would place an onerous burden on the government of Alexis Tsipras, the radical left premier who vowed to end austerity and the cut the national debt when he took power in January.
21  Like many startup companies, Neptune Computer Inc., has turned to an online crowdfunding platform to raise funding for a full launch of its product.
22  In coordinated moves that may unnerve already jittery financial markets, the US Treasury and European Union announced on Friday that Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, would be barred from accessing their capital markets for any long-term funding, including all borrowing over 30 days.
23  The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.
24  Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.
25  The yearly campaign to raise funds for the Red Cross is already under way.
26  She had actively solicited funds for her election campaign.
27  A mixture of selected funds is an optimum choice for future security and return on investment.
28  The pension funds are administered by commercial banks.
29  Their company was short of funds.
30  She was accused of misusing company funds.