LABEL in a Sentence

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For LABEL, below is one of 41 sentences:
And round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.

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 Meanings and Examples of LABEL
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label
 n.  a piece of paper affixed to anything to give information
Classic Sentence:
1  There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV. The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill
2  I noticed a "Copenhagen" label upon each of their trunks, showing that that had been their last stopping place.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3  On a table in the hall was a great bunch of keys, with a time-yellowed label on each.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  In spite of this favored Lancer, the label: Prude, under which we have classed her, suited her to absolute perfection.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII—TWO DO NOT MAKE A PAIR
5  Married people like you and Julia have labels on you, like travellers' trunks.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
6  But it seems to me you might leave the labels off sex.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  "If you mean libel, I'd say so, and not talk about labels, as if Papa was a pickle bottle," advised Jo, laughing.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
8  Trenor, a little heated by his unusual flow of words, and perhaps by prolonged propinquity with the decanters, was bending over the latter to decipher their silver labels.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
9  In historic events the so-called great men are labels giving names to events, and like labels they have but the smallest connection with the event itself.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER I
10  In yet other rooms they were putting up meats in boxes and barrels, and wrapping hams and bacon in oiled paper, sealing and labeling and sewing them.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  Thus, when the slave asks for virtuous freedom, the cunning slaveholder, knowing his ignorance, cheats him with a dose of vicious dissipation, artfully labelled with the name of liberty.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  Then there was a little medicine store, with bottles labelled Laudanum, Tincture of Myrrh, Ess.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
13  The house is at present empty, but enclosed please find keys, all of which are labelled.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  A former legal-aid attorney, Mr Morrison is unusual in accepting, even welcoming, a liberal label.
2  You can't really attach a label to this type of art.
3  We tested various supermarkets' own label pasta sauces.
4  He'll only wear clothes with a designer label.
5  I read the information on the label before deciding which jam to buy.
6  No matter what label is thrown your way, only you can define yourself.
7  I don't need to see a label to identify the provenance of a garment that someone is wearing.
8  Place the jar in warm water to soak the label off.
9  It doesn't have a price label on it.
10  It's his first release for a major label.
11  It is true that fabric, construction, and a designer name on a label elevate the price of clothing.
12  And the aspiring singer will be signed to the label regardless of where she finishes in the competition.
13  Please tag the label to your suitcase.
14  And round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.
15  Turn the quilt over and look for a label attached by the quilter.