LIQUIDATION in a Sentence

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Skillfully, he diluted the claret with water from the carafe until the liquid was barely pink and handed the glass to Wade.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIQUIDATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
liquidation
 n.  the act of exterminating
 n.  termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  I have an impression that they were to be contributed eventually towards the liquidation of the National Debt, but I know I had no hope of any personal participation in the treasure.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
2  She spoke in the soft slurring voice of the coastal Georgian, liquid of vowels, kind to consonants and with the barest trace of French accent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
3  The mockingbird, which nested in the tangle of roses and honeysuckle, roused from slumber and gave one timid, liquid note.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  The hot liquid burned down her throat to her stomach, choking her and bringing tears to her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
5  She drank slowly but this time the liquid did not burn, only a dull warmth followed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  She swallowed deeply and the hot liquid burned suddenly in her throat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  Happiness flooded her until her eyes were liquid with tears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
8  Skillfully, he diluted the claret with water from the carafe until the liquid was barely pink and handed the glass to Wade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
9  "To Sissy," cried Wade and gulped the liquid down.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
10  She shivered in the garage while he spent half an hour in deciding whether to put alcohol or patent non-freezing liquid into the radiator, or to drain out the water entirely.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
11  A faint, fetid smell came from him, and a thread of green liquid oozed from his crushed head.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VII
12  There lay the familiar streets, frozen with snow or liquid with mud.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
13  Monsieur Ratignolle was putting up a mixture himself, very carefully, dropping a red liquid into a tiny glass.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXVII
14  Little Sebastijonas, aged three, had been wandering about oblivious to all things, holding turned up over his mouth a bottle of liquid known as "pop," pink-colored, ice-cold, and delicious.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
15  One morning as Jurgis was passing, a furnace blew out, spraying two men with a shower of liquid fire.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
16  A refrigerant is a compound used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back.
17  Add a little more liquid to the sauce.
18  This liquid gels faster in cold weather.
19  You can stain the wood with this special liquid to give it a pleasing color.
20  The bank had sufficient liquid assets to continue operations.
21  She poured the dark brown liquid down the sink.
22  The liquid is found in a highly concentrated form.
23  Heat the liquid in a large, wide container rather than a high narrow one, or it can boil over.
24  Gold is solid, but when you heat it, it becomes liquid.
25  Empty the liquid into a large bowl.
26  An ounce in liquid measure is different from an ounce in dry measure.
27  Saliva is a liquid secreted by glands in or near the mouth.
28  When the temperature reaches melting point, the metal runs off as a liquid and flows into special modules.
29  Reduce the liquid by boiling for two minutes.
30  The liquid ignited when somebody dropped a match in it accidentally.