PRINTED in a Sentence

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For PRINTED, below is one of 175 sentences:
It was not so far off, but that Stephen, following her hands with his eyes, could read what was printed on it in large letters.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRINTED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
printed
 n.  a visible indication made on a surface
 n.  a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
Classic Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
1  The A, if you noticed, was printed somewhat after the German fashion.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  I guessed that what puzzled the New Yorkers would puzzle the Londoners, so I dipped my finger in my own blood and printed it on a convenient place on the wall.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
3  On the water-pavement spiders printed their delicate feet.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
4  Miss Josephine Sleary, as some very long and very narrow strips of printed bill announced, was then inaugurating the entertainments with her graceful equestrian Tyrolean flower-act.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
5  It was not so far off, but that Stephen, following her hands with his eyes, could read what was printed on it in large letters.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
6  He wrote very good letters: they might all have been printed in a book.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
7  What Fanny told her of former times dwelt more on her mind than the pages of Goldsmith; and she paid her sister the compliment of preferring her style to that of any printed author.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
8  I held the little printed slip to the light.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
9  Having taken the printed description.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
10  As I glanced at the box I noticed, with a start, that upon the lid was printed the treble K which I had read in the morning upon the envelope.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
11  Five little livid spots, the marks of four fingers and a thumb, were printed upon the white wrist.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
12  The address, "Sir Henry Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel," was printed in rough characters; the post-mark "Charing Cross," and the date of posting the preceding evening.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
13  Across the middle of it a single sentence had been formed by the expedient of pasting printed words upon it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
14  The word "moor" only was printed in ink.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
15  The address, you observe is printed in rough characters.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
16  The book is beautifully printed on good quality paper.
17  Please format this letter so it can be printed out.
18  I want this photograph printed on glossy paper.
19  And round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.
20  You have to type in commands, such as 'help' and 'print'.
21  Whatever nonsense the papers print, some people always believe it.
22  Whatsoever nonsense the newspapers print, some people always believe it.
23  Small print in documents can contain traps for the unwary.
24  The company's role is to repurpose print data for use on the Web.
25  You measure yourself, enter measurements and the computer will print out the pattern.
26  Read the small print in your contract to find out exactly what you are insured for.
27  I need to make a few changes before I print the document.
28  He has to hold newspapers at arm's length to focus on the print.
29  One day Robinson Crusoe espied a foot print on the sand.
30  You are advised to read the small print of household and motor insurance policies.