GIFT in a Sentence

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For GIFT, below is one of 249 sentences:
In slave days, it was something they never tasted except at Christmas, when each one received a "drap" along with his gift.

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 Meanings and Examples of GIFT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gift
 n.  something acquired without compensation
 n.  natural abilities or qualities
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1  But, when Mrs. Wilkes, "a great lady and with a rare gift for silence," as Gerald characterized her, told her husband one evening, after Gerald's horse had pounded down the driveway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
2  Rhett, hearing of this from Melanie, brought in from England yards and yards of gleaming white satin and a lace veil and presented them to her as a wedding gift.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  So Mrs. Merriwether invited him to dinner, feeling that this concession more than paid for the gift.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  Never, never any expensive gift, even from your fiance.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  And never any gift of jewelry or wearing apparel, not even gloves or handkerchiefs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  That coat for Ashley was a sore subject with Scarlett, for she wished so ardently that she and not Melanie were bestowing it as a Christmas gift.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  In slave days, it was something they never tasted except at Christmas, when each one received a "drap" along with his gift.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  She picked up from him the gift of stinging words and sardonic phrases and learned to relish using them for the power they gave her over other people.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
9  He sought out Mrs. Elsing to make this donation and embarrassedly begged that she keep his gift a secret, knowing very well that this would spur her to spreading the news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
10  "I love him," she thought and, as always, she accepted the truth with little wonder, as a child accepting a gift.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
11  It came vividly to Selden on the Casino steps that Monte Carlo had, more than any other place he knew, the gift of accommodating itself to each man's humour.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
12  Well, hereafter I'll refuse your money, as a gift.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
13  The first contained strong spirits, and was handed to Queequeg; the second was Aunt Charity's gift, and that was freely given to the waves.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
14  He had the gift of simple and moving expression.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII
15  I believe that Gaston Cleric narrowly missed being a great poet, and I have sometimes thought that his bursts of imaginative talk were fatal to his poetic gift.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: I
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
16  A gift of love for your birthday,which is a warm wish from my heart.
17  It is a gift for my brother.
18  She conditioned her acceptance of the gift on his coming to dinner next evening.
19  All such posts are in the gift of the managing director.
20  I figure life is a gift and I don't intend on wasting it.
21  The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
22  The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.
23  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
24  I've been chasing around all morning trying to find a gift for my sister.
25  All the children will receive a small gift.
26  They are both very religious and felt it was a gift from God.
27  The owners have built a gift shop and a tastefully laid out caravan site.
28  I regard creativity both as a gift and as a skill.
29  Take this gift as a pledge of our friendship.
30  This small gift is only a tiny token of our gratefulness.