REASONABLE in a Sentence

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Barely," said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, "and it will leave my master nigh penniless.

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 Meanings and Examples of REASONABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reasonable
 a.  showing sound judgment; capable of reasoning; being within bounds of common sense
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Of the two, Frederick was the more anxious to get hold of it, but he would not offer a reasonable price.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
2  You know I am a sordid piece of human nature, ready to sell myself at any time for any reasonable sum, and altogether incapable of any Arcadian proceeding whatever.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
3  I am only going, on the reasonable grounds I have mentioned, to take him back to Coketown.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
4  So they be honest, reasonable, and Christian commands," replied Gurth; "but this is none of these.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
5  Barely," said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, "and it will leave my master nigh penniless.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  I am reasonable," answered Front-de-Boeuf, "and if silver be scant, I refuse not gold.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
7  Father Cedric," said Athelstane, "be reasonable.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
8  You will find his consequence very just and reasonable when you see him in his family, I assure you.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  It was imputed to very reasonable weariness, and she was thanked and pitied; but she deserved their pity more than she hoped they would ever surmise.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  Her niece thought it perfectly reasonable.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  There can hardly be a more unpleasant sensation than the having anything returned on our hands which we have given with a reasonable hope of its contributing to the comfort of a friend.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  Everything natural, probable, reasonable, was against it; all their habits and ways of thinking, and all her own demerits.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  I dare say I was not reasonable in carrying with me hopes of an intercourse at all like that of Mansfield.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
14  Would he have persevered, and uprightly, Fanny must have been his reward, and a reward very voluntarily bestowed, within a reasonable period from Edmund's marrying Mary.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
15  As they approached the town, and at length drove through its narrow streets, it became matter of no small difficulty to restrain the boy within reasonable bounds.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The dealers finally brought the price down to a reasonable figure.
17  Clearly that's an approximation, but my guess is there'll be a reasonable balance.
18  We have established beyond all reasonable doubt that the painting was indeed by Rembrandt.
19  You must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the information that you provide is correct.
20  To be good at the game you need a reasonable level of intelligence.
21  The rent is reasonable, and moreover, the location is perfect.
22  The police apparently thought this explanation perfectly reasonable.
23  The captain exercised all reasonable diligence to prevent the ship from sinking.
24  The company's commitment to providing quality at a reasonable price has been vital to its success.
25  All the indications are that we are going to receive reasonable support from abroad.
26  He's a reasonable sort of chap.
27  Do you think that her ignorance is a reasonable argument for this failure?
28  They will arrive the hall at a reasonable time, not too early.
29  'Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,' said the Dormouse: 'not in that ridiculous fashion.'
30  We would expect a reasonable adult, if a kid is in comatose, to call an ambulance.