GOVERNOR in a Sentence

Learn GOVERNOR from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For GOVERNOR, below is one of 142 sentences:
But his parents gave the governor a rich present, so he fastened on the son of the tradeswoman, Panteleyeva.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of GOVERNOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
governor
 n.  head of a state government
Classic Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1  Like the governor, whom he had come down to pass judgment upon, he was reckoned a progressive; and though he was already a bigwig, he was not like the majority of bigwigs.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  Among other things, he informed them that the governor had ordered his secretaries on special commissions to wear spurs, in case he might send them off anywhere for greater speed on horseback.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  'I've come to you for six whole weeks, governor,' Bazarov said to him.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
4  The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
5  Another governor, of course, would look out for his own advantage.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  Such a governor there never was yet in the world, your Worship.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
7  I beseech your aid against the governor.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
8  But his parents gave the governor a rich present, so he fastened on the son of the tradeswoman, Panteleyeva.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
9  Now I am staying at the governor's home.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
10  See what a fool the governor was made of.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
11  But Smolensk was burned by its own inhabitants-who had been misled by their governor.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I
12  The prince again went to his bureau, glanced into it, fingered his papers, closed the bureau again, and sat down at the table to write to the governor.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III
13  He mentally appointed a governor, one who would win the hearts of the people.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIX
14  More than ten thousand people were still in Moscow on the first and second of September, and except for a mob in the governor's courtyard, assembled there at his bidding, nothing happened.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXIV
15  From the commander of the militia he drove to the governor.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
16  He ran for governor on the Republican ticket.
17  He sent a special governor to Altorf, a man named Gressber, who would rule with a firm hand.
18  The governor has declared his innocence and says he plans to serve out his term.
19  The governor has managed to put this sleepy southern state in America on the map.
20  The governor declared a state of emergency.
21  He was elected governor of the state of California.
22  The governor gave only a vague outline of his tax plan.
23  We were kind of tardy with the hotel reservation, and the governor's suites are all booked.
24  The mayor was unwilling to implement the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing.
25  Visiting the site of the explosion, the governor wept to see the anguish of the victims and their families.
26  The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a flagrant violation of the state laws against nepotism.
27  When asked directly about the governor's involvement in the savings and loan scandal, the press secretary tried to waffle, talking all around the issue.
28  This funeral stopped the further growth of one thing -- the petition to the governor for Injun Joe's pardon.
29  Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.
30  It should be remembered that Hollywood has always been bound to its local politics, not only by providing governor - later President - Ronald Reagan.