HAVEN in a Sentence

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Some, like Ellen, were members of old families who had found life intolerable in their former homes and sought haven in a distant land.

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 Meanings and Examples of HAVEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
haven
 n.  refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But I haven't got the time now; I'm late as it is, he returned, holding his old silver turnip-watch to the candle.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  You know I haven't got the money to pay for a girl, Zeena.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  I haven't been running after him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  "You're not a rich man and you haven't a great family," said James.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Some, like Ellen, were members of old families who had found life intolerable in their former homes and sought haven in a distant land.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  They haven't any more spirit than a rabbit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  The thousands of immigrants who'd be glad to fight for the Yankees for food and a few dollars, the factories, the foundries, the shipyards, the iron and coal mines--all the things we haven't got.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  It is too, Melly, and if you weren't always so busy looking for the good in people that haven't got any good in them, you'd see it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  But, skies above, we haven't time to sit here talking.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  All the girls who haven't already taken booths have more excuses than you could shake a stick at.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
11  Now, Pitty, I haven't time to argue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Because you have a son and I haven't.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
13  They haven't horns and hoofs, as you seem to think.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  She wanted Tara with the desperate desire of a frightened child frantic for the only haven it had ever known.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
15  There's just one road out of town which the Yankees haven't got yet and the army is retreating by that road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence: (88 in 6 pages)
16  Those people haven't booked in yet.
17  I haven't spoken to her yet.
18  I haven't even touched your tooth yet.
19  They haven't formally announced their engagement yet.
20  My eyes haven't adjusted to the dark yet.
21  We haven't found a home for all my father's books yet.
22  I haven't entered up your name and occupation yet.
23  I haven't packed my suitcase yet.
24  I haven't thought about marriage yet.
25  They haven't set a date for the wedding yet.
26  I lent my CD player to Dave and I haven't got it back yet.
27  We haven't come to a decision on the matter yet.
28  I know what I'll be doing for the next three weeks but I haven't thought beyond that.
29  I haven't seen your old lady for months, Bill.
30  Time flies by and I remember I haven't seen you for ages.