RACKET in a Sentence

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22 example sentences for RACKET, such as:

1. Shut up that racket and talk sense.
2. The racket stopped, and the wave sucked back.
3. The old machine used to make an awful racket.
4. That's evident, by the way you racket downstairs.
5. She swished her racket aggressively through the air.

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 Meanings and Examples of RACKET
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racket
 n.  device consisting of an oval frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle; wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis
Classic Sentence:
1  Shut up that racket and talk sense.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  The roaring of a tested motor; a racket which beat at the nerves.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  What a relief it was to choking Stubb, when a rat made a sudden racket in the hold below.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
4  They passed in out of sight and presently there was a most awe-inspiring racket in the wood.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
5  En I reck'n de wives quarrels considable; en dat 'crease de racket.'
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV.
6  The racket stopped, and the wave sucked back.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII.
7  So he glided along, and the powwow and racket getting more and more outrageous all the time; and at last, when he had gone around two sides of the room, he disappears down cellar.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII.
8  Jo would whistle and make a great racket getting ready.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
9  That's evident, by the way you racket downstairs.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
10  Yes, Jo was a very happy woman there, in spite of hard work, much anxiety, and a perpetual racket.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
11  While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  'Tis well to call the neighbours together and to hae a good racket once now and then; and it may as well be when there's a wedding as at tide-times.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
13  There's a racket in my belly, as if a whole regiment were blowing trumpets.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
Example Sentence:
1  She swished her racket aggressively through the air.
2  You need good hand - eye coordination to play racket sports.
3  The old machine used to make an awful racket.
4  They were making such a racket outside that I couldn't get to sleep.
5  A furious player kicked his racket into the grandstand.
6  He makes such a racket I'm afraid he disturbs the neighbours.
7  I mean, is it really possible for every soldier in the world to drop his or her rifle and pick up a tennis racket instead?
8  Do the students in the orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they're tuning up? I don't know how they can stand the racket.
9  I can hurl tennis rackets at small moving objects with deadly accuracy.