LATTICE in a Sentence

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A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also.

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 Meanings and Examples of LATTICE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lattice
 n.  an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
 n.  framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  It may be so," answered Cedric; "but I cannot look on that stained lattice without its awakening other reflections than those which concern the passing moment, or its privations.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  With patient courage, strengthened by the interval which she had employed in mental devotion, Rebecca again took post at the lattice, sheltering herself, however, so as not to be visible from beneath.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  She turned her head from the lattice, as if unable longer to endure a sight so terrible.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
4  It was a little lattice window, about five feet and a half above the ground, at the back of the house: which belonged to a scullery, or small brewing-place, at the end of the passage.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
5  A very brief exercise of Mr. Sike's art, sufficed to overcome the fastening of the lattice; and it soon stood wide open also.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  He got on to the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  The only resource left me was to run to a lattice and warn his intended victim of the fate which awaited him.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  He was leaning against the ledge of an open lattice, but not looking out: his face was turned to the interior gloom.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  A breach in one single pane of glass would have been immediate death: nor could any thing have preserved the windows, but the strong lattice wires placed on the outside, against accidents in travelling.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VIII.
10  She thrust forth her head from the lattice, and looked anxiously upward.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
11  She babbled of a low stone house with lattice windows and tulip-beds, of colonial brick, of a white frame cottage with green shutters and dormer windows.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  They fired into the attic through a wooden lattice.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK
13  The farmhouses were my delight, with thatched roofs, ivy up to the eaves, latticed windows, and stout women with rosy children at the doors.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
14  The house presented two pointed gables in its front; the windows were latticed and narrow: the front door was narrow too, one step led up to it.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
15  This travelling-closet was an exact square, with a window in the middle of three of the squares, and each window was latticed with iron wire on the outside, to prevent accidents in long journeys.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV.
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