GOTTEN in a Sentence

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She knew Miss Scarlett was employing that smile merely to get around her and in this matter she was determined not to be gotten around.

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Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  Gerald rode beside the carriage on his big hunter, warm with brandy and pleased with himself for having gotten through with the unpleasant business of Wilkerson so speedily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  And, my dear, they stayed out nearly all night and walked home finally, saying the horse had run away and smashed the buggy and they had gotten lost in the woods.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  I wish I had gotten Ashley to compromise me, thought Scarlett suddenly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  He had died ignominiously and swiftly of pneumonia, following measles, without ever having gotten any closer to the Yankees than the camp in South Carolina.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
5  And, having gotten you alone, you could be very, very hurt or very, very angry when he tried to kiss you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  No, the Yankees hadn't gotten to Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
7  And that lack of fear has gotten me into a lot of trouble and cost me a lot of happiness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  But like all old people she'd gotten to talking about things that happened before anyone was born, things no one was interested in.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  She'd certainly gotten over Charles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  She knew Miss Scarlett was employing that smile merely to get around her and in this matter she was determined not to be gotten around.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  I don't believe she's ever gotten over Dallas McLure getting killed, but she's not like you, darling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  Of course, he could have gotten the money for her if he'd wanted to get it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
13  We'd gotten one train about loaded when the Yankees rode in one end of town and out we went the other end as fast as we could go.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
14  If I'd drawn a draft they could have traced it somehow and I doubt if you'd have gotten a cent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  Well, he'd gotten right feeble in his mind these last months and I guess she was countin on that.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence:
1  Mimi had gotten over her pique at Susan's refusal to accept the job.
2  The Democratic attorney general of Tennessee told Shipley to do what he thought right, and Shipley had gotten his notes together.
3  Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief.
4  Money would be gotten if there were money to get it with.
5  A friend is not so soon gotten as lost.
6  If she hadn't been so persistent she might not have gotten the job.
7  Ill gotten money is soon spent.
8  Soon gotten, soon spent.
9  The guy was about forty, Reacher guessed, and furthermore Reacher guessed he had gotten to be about forty by staying relentlessly aware of everything.