FUTURE in a Sentence

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For FUTURE, below is one of 420 sentences:
In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself.

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 Meanings and Examples of FUTURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
future
 n.  the time to come
 n.  a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  In future you shall send up Wiggins alone to report, and the rest of you must wait in the street.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  One half we return into the box for future purposes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  Maps were drawn and charts prepared, in which the future city was sketched out.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
4  In the case of Lucy Ferrier the occasion was serious enough in itself, apart from its future influence on her destiny and that of many besides.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
5  And when the human beings listened to it, they secretly trembled, hearing in it a prophecy of their future doom.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
6  In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
7  "No, not for us, who've the future," she seemed to say.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
8  The future disturbing our present.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
9  The future shadowed their present, like the sun coming through the many-veined transparent vine leaf; a criss-cross of lines making no pattern.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
10  I resolved in my future conduct to redeem the past; and I can say with honesty that my resolve was fruitful of some good.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
11  Under the various burdens imposed by this unhappy state of affairs, the people of England suffered deeply for the present, and had yet more dreadful cause to fear for the future.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  But beware of the future, lest a worse thing befall thee.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
13  Arise, my liegemen, and be good subjects in future.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
14  It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
15  When Clifford was roused, he could still talk brilliantly and, as it were, command the future: as when, in the wood, he talked about her having a child, and giving an heir to Wragby.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble.
17  We shall try to incorporate some of your ideas in our future plan.
18  If you understand the value of love and love you have given me I have to wait for the future.
19  When I wake up every morning, the greatest joy is gazing upon you and sunshine, that is the future I desire.
20  A future version of the camera is currently being developed.
21  Continuing violence will retard negotiations over the country's future.
22  The President outlined his vision for the future.
23  In her speech, the director outlined her vision for the future.
24  He enunciated his vision of the future.
25  There was a note of optimism in his voice as he spoke about the company's future.
26  The future belongs to him who knows how to wait.
27  Some of the best lessons we ever learn from our mistakes and failuresThe error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.
28  Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future.
29  Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
30  His foolish behaviour may jeopardize his whole future.