PROCEEDS in a Sentence

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257 example sentences for PROCEEDS, such as:

1. Its tempest sometimes proceeds from a grimace.
2. Before proceeding further, we must define our terms.
3. The proceedings will begin with a speech to welcome the guests.
4. I was proceeding along the High Street in a northerly direction.
5. The police must establish the facts of the case before proceeding.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROCEEDS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
proceeds
 n.  profit, money made from selling something; income arising from land or other property
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The elevation of level which they contribute to civilization is intrinsic with them; it proceeds from themselves and not from an accident.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
2  Its tempest sometimes proceeds from a grimace.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN
3  The same formidable lightning proceeds from the torch of Prometheus to Cambronne's short pipe.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—TO SCOFF, TO REIGN
4  Nothing proceeds more directly and more sincerely from the very depth of our soul, than our unpremeditated and boundless aspirations towards the splendors of destiny.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—POVERTY A GOOD NEIGHBOR FOR MISERY
5  A sort of gleam proceeds from these miserable wretches, as though their consciences were not heavy within them any more.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
6  It examines, it scrutinizes, it analyzes; then it puts together once more, it proceeds by means of reduction, discarding all hatred.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
7  In the majority of cases, riot proceeds from a material fact; insurrection is always a moral phenomenon.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
8  Love is the sublime crucible wherein the fusion of the man and the woman takes place; the being one, the being triple, the being final, the human trinity proceeds from it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
9  In this business he proceeds very heedfully, like a treasure-hunter in some old house, sounding the walls to find where the gold is masoned in.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
10  Extending it upon the forecastle deck, he now proceeds cylindrically to remove its dark pelt, as an African hunter the pelt of a boa.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
11  The regiment was like a firework that, once ignited, proceeds superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  wrote to his lawyer to dispose of the business in the way that seemed to him the most suitable, and remit the proceeds.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
13  A man who proceeds upon the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
14  As a matter of fact, burglars who have done a good stroke of business are, as a rule, only too glad to enjoy the proceeds in peace and quiet without embarking on another perilous undertaking.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
15  They salted the flesh, and the peasant went into the town and wanted to sell the skin there, so that he might buy a new calf with the proceeds.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE LITTLE PEASANT
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
16  Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.
17  When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.
18  She stepped forward to the edge of the platform, cleared her throat, held up her manuscript, and proceeded to read.
19  The police officers got out of their car and proceeded to frisk a young man that happened to be crossing the street.
20  Hess then proceeded to describe the ocean floor as if it were a collection of giant conveyor belts.
21  He outlined his plans and then proceeded to explain them in more detail.
22  Before proceeding further, we must define our terms.
23  I was proceeding along the High Street in a northerly direction.
24  The police must establish the facts of the case before proceeding.
25  Moreover the recent decisions from the Judiciary also reflect their reluctance in proceeding with the case.
26  The marble basin was removed; in its place, stood a deal table and a kitchen chair: these objects were visible by a very dim light proceeding from a horn lantern, the wax candles being all extinguished.
27  Sir William had the ability to conduct proceedings in a dignified manner without ever becoming stuffy.
28  Some jurors even embraced the residents and congratulated lead plaintiffs' attorney George Chandler after the proceedings.
29  Either criminal or civil proceedings may be brought by the Attorney General.
30  The proceedings will begin with a speech to welcome the guests.