NUMERICAL in a Sentence

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Working together, the staff developed numerous ways to use the neighborhood around the school to teach academic skills.

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 Meanings and Examples of NUMERICAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
numerical
 a.  belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
Classic Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1  Dr. Meade hastily bridged over the uncomfortable pause, his voice cold: "Captain Butler, the numerical difference between our troops and those of the Yankees has never mattered."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  Nevertheless, as if they had been aware of the numerical weakness of the friends, the Rochellais continued to advance in quick time.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
3  She had numerous relatives, who were very old and near to death, and of whom her sons were the natural heirs.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
4  de Vaublanc, the reformer of the Institute by a coup d'etat, the distinguished author of numerous academicians, ordinances, and batches of members, after having created them, could not succeed in becoming one himself.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817
5  Madeleine perceived the advancement which he had obtained, by the more numerous courtesies of the old women and the more plentiful smiles of the young ones.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING
6  The first story contained, as we have said, numerous chambers and several attics, only one of which was occupied by the old woman who took charge of Jean Valjean's housekeeping; all the rest was uninhabited.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
7  He immediately obtained numerous versions of the story, which ended in the abduction of a child.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
8  There were numerous differences in their rule; there were some in their costume.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
9  The phases of this change were numerous and successive.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
10  The Friends of the A B C were not numerous, it was a secret society in the state of embryo, we might almost say a coterie, if coteries ended in heroes.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
11  Bahorel, a man of caprice, was scattered over numerous cafes; the others had habits, he had none.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
12  At eighteen, he had already numerous corpses in his past.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASS...
13  Those members of the Cougourde of Aix who were in Paris then met on the plain of Issy, in one of the abandoned quarries which are so numerous in that side of Paris.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
14  Several minutes passed thus, then a sound of footsteps, measured, heavy, and numerous, became distinctly audible in the direction of Saint-Leu.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
15  He began to reflect upon the events that had passed; they were numerous and inauspicious.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 4 THE SHOULDER OF ATHOS, THE BALDRIC OF PORTHOS AND THE HANDKERCHIEF OF ARAMIS
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  The invading force, conscious of their numerical inferiority at sea, decided on an airborne attack.
2  Your job is to group them by letter and put them in numerical order.
3  The survey showed in numerical terms why Obama has had so much trouble passing health care reform.
4  On top of the basic salary there are numerous other benefits.
5  By the mid-twelfth century pilgrims were numerous enough to merit a guidebook.
6  Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
7  The report contains numerous portentous references to a future environmental calamity.
8  The ground was loaned out for numerous events including pop concerts.
9  The numerous rivers heart surface, threads a needle the line to suture sadly.
10  The related publications are far too numerous to list individually.
11  The press office fielded numerous calls from the media.
12  The advantages of this system are too numerous to mention.
13  Working together, the staff developed numerous ways to use the neighborhood around the school to teach academic skills.
14  Since then, numerous studies have analysed the relation between serum cholesterol and large bowel cancer.
15  Sex crimes were just as numerous as they are today.