MAP in a Sentence

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For MAP, below is one of 104 sentences:
After you left I sent down to Stamford's for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my spirit has hovered over it all day.

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 Meanings and Examples of MAP
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map
 n.  a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  I had a map beside me though, and when once I had spotted the principal hotels and stations, I got on pretty well.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  Bradstreet had spread an ordnance map of the county out upon the seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford for its centre.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
3  After you left I sent down to Stamford's for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my spirit has hovered over it all day.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
4  He was sitting, fully dressed, in an easy-chair, with a slip of paper which looked like a map upon his knee, and his forehead sunk forward upon his hand in deep thought.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
5  He had, as I understand, some sort of map or chart which he was comparing with the manuscript, and which he thrust into his pocket when you appeared.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
6  You see it marked here in the map.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
7  There was no name on his clothing, and nothing in his pockets save an apple, some string, a shilling map of London, and a photograph.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
8  "Oh, that is all the same," Dolgorukov said quickly, and getting up he spread a map on the table.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI
9  "I will do so," said Prince Andrew, moving away from the map.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI
10  "Since Prince Bagration is not coming, we may begin," said Weyrother, hurriedly rising from his seat and going up to the table on which an enormous map of the environs of Brunn was spread out.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XII
11  Dohkturov, a little man, sat opposite Weyrother, with an assiduous and modest mien, and stooping over the outspread map conscientiously studied the dispositions and the unfamiliar locality.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XII
12  Then he became absorbed in a map laid out on the logs.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II
13  Then he gave careful directions about the fortification of the Kremlin, and drew up a brilliant plan for a future campaign over the whole map of Russia.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER IX
14  It is not down in any map; true places never are.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
15  On the blank wall at my left the dark, old-fashioned wall-paper was covered by a large map of ancient Rome, the work of some German scholar.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: I
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
16  The map had a lot of little pins stuck into it.
17  The complexity of the road map puzzled me.
18  Her performance in that play really put her on the map as a comedy actress.
19  He bought a map showing the population distribution of Scotland.
20  The generel pinpointed the enemy's position on the map.
21  There are bombs so powerful that whole nations could be wiped off the map by them.
22  We must map out program step by step.
23  I'm trying to read the map.
24  Footpaths are shown on the map as dotted red lines.
25  The map shows the main rivers of the region.
26  Brown areas represent deserts on the map.
27  The governor has managed to put this sleepy southern state in America on the map.
28  The map shows the distribution of this species across the world.
29  Grammar information enables students to map the structure of a foreign language into their own.
30  If the projects are successful, they will help place Russia firmly on the map as one of the world's dominant energy suppliers.