REFERENCE in a Sentence

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I found, when I did open it, that it was a very kind note, containing no reference to my condition at the theatre.

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 Meanings and Examples of REFERENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reference
 n.  act of referring or consulting; remark that calls attention to something or someone
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Their pronunciation was quick, and the words they uttered, not having any apparent connection with visible objects, I was unable to discover any clue by which I could unravel the mystery of their reference.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
2  I never saw this great-uncle but I'm supposed to look like him--with special reference to the rather hard-boiled painting that hangs in Father's office.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  He took himself to task for his bad sympathies in reference to Roger Chillingworth, disregarded the lesson that he should have drawn from them, and did his best to root them out.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
4  Indeed, the same dark question often rose into her mind with reference to the whole race of womanhood.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
5  His subject, it appeared, had been the relation between the Deity and the communities of mankind, with a special reference to the New England which they were here planting in the wilderness.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
6  After many days, when time sufficed for the people to arrange their thoughts in reference to the foregoing scene, there was more than one account of what had been witnessed on the scaffold.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIV. CONCLUSION
7  I do not recall that I felt any tenderness of conscience in reference to Mrs. Joe, when the fear of being found out was lifted off me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
8  And here I may remark that when Mr. Wopsle referred to me, he considered it a necessary part of such reference to rumple my hair and poke it into my eyes.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
9  By degrees he fell to reposing such great confidence in me, as to ask my advice in reference to his own affairs.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
10  Now, Herbert," said I, "with reference to gaining some knowledge of his history.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLI
11  I should certainly not have gone, but for the reference to my Uncle Provis.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
12  Still, the reference to Provis by name mastered everything.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
13  There was a twitch of Miss Betsey's head, after each of these sentences, as if her own old wrongs were working within her, and she repressed any plainer reference to them by strong constraint.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
14  I found, when I did open it, that it was a very kind note, containing no reference to my condition at the theatre.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
15  In the state of trouble into which his disclosure by my fire had thrown me, I had thought very much of the words Agnes had used in reference to the partnership.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
Example Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
16  She's a senior editor in the reference department of a publishing company.
17  The date of publication should be included in the reference.
18  Her speeches have special reference to environmental policy.
19  He was afraid to call a spade a spade and resorted to circumlocution to avoid direct reference to his subject.
20  This reference book is very useful to our study.
21  The reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is anachronistic: clocks did not exist in Caesar's time.
22  It is a reference of 2733 English idioms and idiomatic expressions with definitions.
23  I am conscious of how my father carried himself and I see my family in this, my point of reference is a combination of their dignity and nobility.
24  Pronouns are often used to refer to a noun that has already been mentioned.
25  They come from Tuam, a place they refer to on the title track of their album, 'All the Way From Tuam'.
26  By way of illustration I'll refer to the behavior of rabbits.
27  The findings of the report refer to a particular social and cultural milieu.
28  Some patients don't refer to the discomfort of angina as an ache; rather they describe it as sudden sharp pains.
29  Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.
30  We should refer our application back to the manager as soon as possible.