PRACTICE in a Sentence

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For PRACTICE, below is one of 400 sentences:
Damsel," he said, "if the pity I feel for thee arise from any practice thine evil arts have made on me, great is thy guilt.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRACTICE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
practice
 v.  perform or do habitually
 n.  habit; custom
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it second nature to me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
2  Or for the matter of that book learning; or skilful practice on pianos; or laying on of paint.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
3  I hesitated long before I put this theory to the test of practice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
4  He was not only a professional peacemaker, but from practice a hater of all feuds and brawls.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Damsel," he said, "if the pity I feel for thee arise from any practice thine evil arts have made on me, great is thy guilt.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  A very praiseworthy practice," said Edmund, "but not quite universal.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  And I have two or three ideas also," said Edmund, "and one of them is, that very little of your plan for Thornton Lacey will ever be put in practice.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
8  They had been instructed theoretically in their religion, but never required to bring it into daily practice.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
9  I don't mean a regular mute to attend grown-up people, my dear, but only for children's practice.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  As to the management of their children, his theory was much better than his wife's, and his practice not so bad.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  It was very well to talk of, but ridiculous to put in practice.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
12  It was a practice well known on Egdon at that date, and one that is not quite extinct at the present day.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
13  And in practice again, I observe.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
14  My practice is never very absorbing.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
15  Dr. Roylott then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice in London and took us to live with him in the old ancestral house at Stoke Moran.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Example Sentence: (190 in 13 pages)
16  The concept of long term rotational antibiotics for acne is outdated and this practice should be avoided.
17  It is normal practice not to reveal details of a patient's condition.
18  I am not sure that this is sound democratic practice.
19  Several practice laps are necessary to determine what needs adjusting and what parts must be replaced.
20  The practice had far-reaching environmental consequences.
21  The second is the development of medical audit, which encourages practitioners critically to examine current practice.
22  She has in the main gathered her medical experience from practice.
23  In recent years, doctors have been trained specifically for general practice.
24  The practice of global politics requires reform.
25  If u practice hard, u'll get a gold medal.
26  It sounded like a good idea, but in practice it didn't work.
27  She's decided to leave the Health Service and join a private practice.
28  Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.
29  Our programme ensures daily opportunities to practice your study language with native speakers.
30  Mary Beth had a busy legal practice in Los Angeles.