MINE in a Sentence

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For MINE, below is one of 281 sentences:
Myrtle pulled her chair close to mine, and suddenly her warm breath poured over me the story of her first meeting with Tom.

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 Meanings and Examples of MINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
mine
 pron.  something that belongs to me
 n.  an excavation in the earth for extracting coal
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
2  He has frequently conversed with me on mine, which I have communicated to him without disguise.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
3  You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
4  Much as they were attached to each other, they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his state was far different from mine in every other respect.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
8  They did not appear rich, but they were contented and happy; their feelings were serene and peaceful, while mine became every day more tumultuous.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
9  Yet mine shall not be the submission of abject slavery.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
10  Thus Elizabeth endeavoured to divert her thoughts and mine from all reflection upon melancholy subjects.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
11  You may give up your purpose, but mine is assigned to me by heaven, and I dare not.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
12  The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
13  No guilt, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
14  Myrtle pulled her chair close to mine, and suddenly her warm breath poured over me the story of her first meeting with Tom.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
15  With Jordan's slender golden arm resting in mine we descended the steps and sauntered about the garden.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
16  His cake is four times as big as mine.
17  He is not a friend of mine, only an acquaintance.
18  Your guess is as good as mine.
19  She put out her hand to shake mine.
20  A mine blew a hole in the perimeter wall.
21  Your room's huge compared to mine.
22  You take care of your end, kid, I'll take care of mine.
23  I'd like you to meet a friend of mine.
24  Mrs Cavendish is a dear friend of mine.
25  His opinion always accords with mine.
26  This painting is a particular favourite of mine.
27  He was an old political sparring partner of mine.
28  The programme was a gold mine for small production companies.
29  It is a recent purchase of mine.
30  The culture that he describes is so different from mine that I sometimes find it hard to relate to.