MEANING in a Sentence

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His talk of shadow shows and hazy outlines conveyed no meaning to her but his last words were in language she could understand.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEANING
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meaning
 n.  the message that is intended or expressed or signified
 n.  the idea that is intended
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Scarlett, sitting on the stump, thought of those words which had made her so happy, and suddenly they took on another meaning, a hideous meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  And when I say queer, it's not crazy I'm meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  "I should cry into my pillow every night," said Scarlett, meaning to be flippant, but he took the statement at face value and went red with pleasure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  Now Melanie had given a new meaning to passages in the letters which Scarlett's eyes had barely seen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  Under Mrs. Merriwether's goading, Dr. Meade took action, in the form of a letter to the newspaper wherein he did not mention Rhett by name, though his meaning was obvious.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  His talk of shadow shows and hazy outlines conveyed no meaning to her but his last words were in language she could understand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
7  I can't make you understand because you don't know the meaning of fear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
8  She had hoped that Ashley's return would bring back some meaning into life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
9  Moreover, he's nervous and timid and well meaning, and I don't know of any more damning qualities a man can have.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  But I do like it, thought Scarlett trying to grasp the old lady's meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  It seemed to her that all Southern men, high or low, were sentimental fools and cared less for their hides than for words which had no meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
12  As the full impact of the meaning smote her, Melanie became so embarrassed that she fumbled with the bandage until it slid off the wound entirely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
13  She thought it had an imposing sound and even went so far as to have the sign painted, when Ashley Wilkes, embarrassed, translated the real meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
14  Reading the true meaning of her demeanor, he made casual answer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
15  The soft vehemence of this last ejaculation would have been, upon a man's lips, profanity of no uncertain meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
Example Sentence: (198 in 14 pages)
16  Each element of the ceremony has a symbolic meaning.
17  This employee has penetrated his boss' s meaning.
18  Sound symbolism means that we can often guess the meaning of a word from its sound.
19  Many legal terms have more than one meaning.
20  I am using the word with its original meaning.
21  She extracted a completely personal meaning from what was said.
22  The child read the story but did not comprehend its meaning.
23  Some of the symbols carry meaning and some just represent sounds.
24  He says his life has lost its meaning since his wife died.
25  These actions only have meaning within certain specific contexts.
26  She hardly dared to understand the meaning behind his statement.
27  The old term has taken on a new meaning.
28  The term Wissenschaft has a much broader meaning than the English word 'science'.
29  Six days' public notice must be given when announcing the meeting schedules, meaning the earliest the board can next convene is July 24.
30  The function of an adjective is to describe or add to the meaning of a noun.