LIST in a Sentence

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For LIST, below is one of 152 sentences:
'I'd rather finish my tea,' said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
list
 n.  a record of short information arranged one below the other to be read easily or counted
Classic Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1  I'm going to make a list of all the things I've got to get.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  He also gave me the list of books which I had requested, and I took my leave.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  I think he rather expected me to copy down the list for my own use.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill, and ticked it off.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIV
5  Reckoning over again his list of debts, Vronsky copied it, dividing it into three classes.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 19
6  The plump officer took up the list of wines and turned to the young officer.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 19
7  'I'd rather finish my tea,' said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
8  Injun Joe's cup stands first in the list of the cavern's marvels; even "Aladdin's Palace" cannot rival it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
9  Well, these twelve thousand livres are his civil list, and are as essential to him as the twelve millions of a king.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
10  First, therefore, give me a list of the suitors, with their number, that I may learn who, and how many, they are.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
11  Your list of the common extent of accomplishments," said Darcy, "has too much truth.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  There was nothing with which they could compare their present lives: they had nothing to go upon except Squealer's lists of figures, which invariably demonstrated that everything was getting better and better.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
13  The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden gates, each wide enough to admit two horsemen riding abreast.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
14  From the entrance into the lists, a gently sloping passage, ten yards in breadth, led up to the platform on which the tents were pitched.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
15  A narrow space, betwixt these galleries and the lists, gave accommodation for yeomanry and spectators of a better degree than the mere vulgar, and might be compared to the pit of a theatre.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence: (80 in 6 pages)
16  The most noteworthy feature of the list is that there are no women on it.
17  Financial security was high on his list of priorities.
18  A program for a play contains a list of the actors' names and other information about the play.
19  If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a short list of no more than six.
20  Tick each item on the list as you complete it.
21  He produced a hand-written list of nine men he was supposed to kill.
22  He gave me a list of their forthcoming books.
23  The list included the infamous George Drake, a double murderer.
24  This list is by no means exhaustive.
25  We are compiling a full list of all local businesses.
26  I've put your name on the list and I don't foresee any problems.
27  The list of ingredients sounds very appetizing.
28  We need to whittle down the list of guests for the party.
29  There is still a three-month waiting list for the cars.
30  We were asked to translate a list of sentences.