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For LEVEL, below is one of 354 sentences:
A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life, a timely word may level stress, a loving word may heal and bless.

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 Meanings and Examples of LEVEL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
level
 n.  relative position in rank, class or authority
 a.  having a surface which is the same height above the ground all over
Classic Sentence: (158 in 11 pages)
1  He was still kneeling when his eyes, on a level with the lower panel of the door, caught a faint ray beneath it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  She held the light at the same level, and it drew out with the same distinctness her slim young throat and the brown wrist no bigger than a child's.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  It was the first scene of open anger between the couple in their sad seven years together, and Ethan felt as if he had lost an irretrievable advantage in descending to the level of recrimination.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
4  It put her on the same level with the snarly haired Mrs. Slattery and Emmie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  The Irish," said he, lowering his chair back to level and removing his hands from his pockets, "are the damnedest race.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
6  He gave her a level look as though estimating how much coquetry was behind the question.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
7  She held out her hand as the train resumed its level rush, and they stood exchanging a few words in the aisle.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
8  Selden stretched himself on the grass at her feet, tilting his hat against the level sun-rays, and clasping his hands behind his head, which rested against the side of the rock.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
9  Rosedale still stood before her in an expectant attitude, and she continued to face him in silence, her glance just level with his polished baldness.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 8
10  If she slipped she recovered her footing, and it was only afterward that she was aware of having recovered it each time on a slightly lower level.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
11  Now that she was on a level with them, the point of view was less interesting.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
12  The snowflakes were harder; they shot in level lines, clawing at her face.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
13  So saying, with extended arm, he grasped the three level, radiating lances at their crossed centre; while so doing, suddenly and nervously twitched them; meanwhile, glancing intently from Starbuck to Stubb; from Stubb to Flask.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
14  Unhinge the lower jaw, and the side view of this skull is as the side of a moderately inclined plane resting throughout on a level base.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
15  On this level, Ahab's hammock swings within; his head this way.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
16  Before the weekend, Madrid was level with Barcelona.
17  Her weight went down to a satisfactory level.
18  A careless word may kindle strife; a cruel word may wreck a life, a timely word may level stress, a loving word may heal and bless.
19  The figures show evidence that murders in the nation's capital are beginning to level off.
20  There is evidence that privately insured patients are offered a higher level of care.
21  The medical center is on one level.
22  Check the oil level in your car every week.
23  The surprising part was the level of sophistication with which the average citizen was mulling his market strategies.
24  His writings are concerned with religious phenomena at the individual level.
25  There has not been much publicity about this conference at the top level.
26  Ensure that your diagrams contain the appropriate level of detail.
27  Use this technique to control your level of arousal.
28  Our responsibility is to level up the standard of the people's material and cultural life.
29  My current level of job satisfaction is pretty low.
30  In her current role she broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to reach senior management level in the company.