REPLACE in a Sentence

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For REPLACE, below is one of 259 sentences:
The railroads needed new cars to take the place of old ones and new iron rails to replace those torn up by the Yankees.

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 Meanings and Examples of REPLACE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
replace
 v.  substitute; put in the place of another
 v.  switch seemingly equivalent items
Classic Sentence: (147 in 10 pages)
1  The railroads needed new cars to take the place of old ones and new iron rails to replace those torn up by the Yankees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  These days it was so hard to replace iron rails, to replace anything made of iron.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  The negroes she passed turned insolent grins at her and laughed among themselves as she hurried by, slipping and sliding in the mud, stopping, panting to replace her slippers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
4  The house had originally been two stories high but the upper floor had been destroyed by shells during the siege and the owner, returning after the surrender, had lacked the money to replace it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  An eagle flew thrice round Tarquin's head, removing his cap to replace it, and thereupon Tanaquil, his wife, declared that Tarquin would be king of Rome.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
6  He asked himself what would replace this.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
7  Mourn for us in haste, and replace us with speed.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—A MERRY END TO MIRTH
8  To replace thought with revery is to confound a poison with a food.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
9  From fifty to sixty Musketeers, who appeared to replace one another in order always to present an imposing number, paraded constantly, armed to the teeth and ready for anything.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
10  "A moment," cried d'Artagnan, making them a sign to replace in the scabbard their half-drawn swords.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
11  These men stirred not, excepting now and then, under the direction of one who seemed their chief, to shift and replace the ready fuel.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
12  He had called them into view, and it was not easy to replace the shroud that had so long concealed them.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
13  At this instant, Mrs. Bumble stepped hastily forward to replace the carpet, which had been kicked up in the scuffle.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
14  Any injury to it would be almost as serious as its complete loss, for there are no beryls in the world to match these, and it would be impossible to replace them.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
15  Nothing could replace him, therefore, in her former esteem, nor injure the interests of Colonel Brandon.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47
Example Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
16  You're uinique, nothing can replace you.
17  These measures in no way replace the need for regular safety checks.
18  Knowledge can't replace friendship, I'd rather be an idiot than lose you.
19  No one can replace you in my heart.
20  When you have finished using the axe, please replace it.
21  When your exhaust falls off, you have to replace it.
22  Steel cable will be used to replace worn ropes.
23  I'll replace the vase I broke as soon as possible.
24  Cole was recalled to the squad to replace the injured Quinn.
25  Machines cannot replace people in this work.
26  He hired scabs to replace strikers.
27  There will have to be a sea change in people's attitudes if public transport is ever to replace the private car.
28  They preach the abolition of established systems but prose nothing to replace them.
29  If the equipment is not up to the agreed specifications and quality, we will undertake to replace them.
30  Halogen lamps give excellent service, but the bulbs are expensive to replace.