PITCHER in a Sentence

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The tall girls went out and returned presently, each bearing a tray, and a pitcher of water and mug in the middle of each tray.

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 Meanings and Examples of PITCHER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pitcher
 n.  container for liquids, having a handle and a lip or spout for pouring; player who throws the ball from the mound to the batter
Classic Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  Jo's one strong point was the fruit, for she had sugared it well, and had a pitcher of rich cream to eat with it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
2  Then, as he was just entering the town, she came towards him in the likeness of a little girl carrying a pitcher.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VII
3  The tall girls went out and returned presently, each bearing a tray, with portions of something, I knew not what, arranged thereon, and a pitcher of water and mug in the middle of each tray.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  She approached the basin, and bent over it as if to fill her pitcher; she again lifted it to her head.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  Mrs. Linton, on the third day, unbarred her door, and having finished the water in her pitcher and decanter, desired a renewed supply, and a basin of gruel, for she believed she was dying.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  Cathy began searching for some water; she lighted on a pitcher in the dresser, filled a tumbler, and brought it.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  "He isn't brave," said Scarlett perversely, pouring half a pitcher of syrup over her waffles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  Wipe your eyes and get a fresh pitcher of water and go on up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
9  Bea was twice called to fill the hot-water pitcher and to make cinnamon toast.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  The amateur baseball-team hired a semi-professional pitcher from Des Moines, and made a schedule of games with every town for fifty miles about.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
11  You cannot go with your pitcher to this fountain and fill it, and bring it away.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
12  I'll bet she meets us at the door of Heaven with a big pitcher of water, and a lot of buckwheat cakes, hot, and toasted on both sides, like Bob and me was fond of.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
13  There's a pitcher of water in the corner by the door.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  Oliver got up; walked across the room; and stooped for an instant to raise the pitcher.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
15  That he was ill, she comprehended directly; so she brought him a pitcher of water, which tasted certainly pretty strong of the sea, although it had been fetched from the well.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
Example Sentence:
1  The tall girls went out and returned presently, each bearing a tray, and a pitcher of water and mug in the middle of each tray.
2  Every major league pitcher has off days during which he must learn to ignore any catcall and angry hiss from the crowd.
3  The tall girl went out and returned presently, bearing a tray, and a pitcher of water and mug in the middle of it.