REMOVE in a Sentence

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346 example sentences for REMOVE, such as:

1. Strain the custard to remove lumps.
2. Peel the pears and remove the cores.
3. We are going to remove into a new house.
4. You blanch almonds to remove their skins.
5. Stir the sauce to remove any small lumps.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMOVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
remove
 v.  move away from the position occupied; cause to change place; take away
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Mrs. Norris contrived to remove one article from his sight that might have distressed him.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  But, at any rate, his staying away at a time when, according to all preceding plans, she was to remove to London, meant something that she could not bear.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  He knew why she said so little, but he could not remove the cause of her bearing towards him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
4  We shall be at our present house till December; after that we remove to Casterbridge.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated
5  Obviously they have been caused by someone who has very carelessly scraped round the edges of the sole in order to remove crusted mud from it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
6  The first consideration is to remove the pressing danger which threatens you.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
7  Let us thrust this creature back into its den, and we can then remove Miss Stoner to some place of shelter and let the county police know what has happened.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
8  We compress the earth into bricks, so as to remove them without revealing what they are.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
9  There are one or two indications, and yet the utmost pains have been taken to remove all clues.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
10  That telegram from London, if mentioned by Sir Henry to the Stapletons, must remove the last suspicions from their minds.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
11  She had thrown them in there at the first opportunity to remove the last trace of her crime.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
12  There's the cab, Hopkins, and you can remove your man.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
13  Robbery does not appear to have been the motive of the crime, for there had been no attempt to remove the valuable contents of the room.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
14  Begin," said he, "to remove the dead, and make the women help you.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXII
15  Not being in a condition to remove his doubt, I only cast my eyes down on the two large feet planted on the rug, and sighed, wishing myself far enough away.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
16  Pass the sauce through a sieve to remove any lumps.
17  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt.
18  They had to remove the ashes from the burner first.
19  The men came to remove the rubbish from the backyard.
20  We are going to remove into a new house.
21  As soon as the cake is done, remove it from the oven.
22  Peel the pears and remove the cores.
23  You'll need to bleed the radiators to remove the airlocks.
24  You blanch almonds to remove their skins.
25  The government has to remove any last vestiges of corruption.
26  Stir the sauce to remove any small lumps.
27  Police can remove a vehicle that is causing an obstruction.
28  You need to jack up the car before you try to remove the wheel.
29  The amendment will remove the inconsistency between the two laws.
30  Strain the custard to remove lumps.