REPORT in a Sentence

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Not at all expecting so loud a report, Pierre shuddered at the sound and then, smiling at his own sensations, stood still.

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 Meanings and Examples of REPORT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
report
 n.  an account or statement describing in detail an event
 v.  make something known; write or give an accoun
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And as the echoes of the drowsy mansion resounded to the report of the explosion there followed upon the same a wave of perfume, skilfully wafted abroad with a flourish of the eau-de-Cologne-scented handkerchief.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
2  The ultimate and farcical upshot was that report came crowding upon report, and that such alleged doings were brought to light as the sun had never before beheld.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
3  I have been on the bench fifteen years, and when I take a look into a report, I despair.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
4  I sent in a report about it, you know.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
5  Suppose after he wakes up from his nap he goes and sends a report about us to St. Petersburg.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  The report which had been circulated that the Austrians had been beaten and that the whole army had surrendered at Ulm proved to be correct.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
7  Then came the distant report of a shot, and our troops could be seen hurrying to the crossing.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
8  "Here's something for you to report," said Zherkov.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII
9  What the diplomatic matter might be he did not care, but it gave him great pleasure to prepare a circular, memorandum, or report, skillfully, pointedly, and elegantly.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
10  Bagration replied that he was not authorized either to accept or refuse a truce and sent his adjutant to Kutuzov to report the offer he had received.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIV
11  The smoke of the first shot had not yet dispersed before another puff appeared, followed by a report.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
12  From the bottom of the slope, where the parleys had taken place, came the report of musketry.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII
13  The whole moving mass began pressing closer together and a report spread that they were ordered to halt: evidently those in front had halted.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXI
14  Not at all expecting so loud a report, Pierre shuddered at the sound and then, smiling at his own sensations, stood still.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V
15  The smoke, rendered denser by the mist, prevented him from seeing anything for an instant, but there was no second report as he had expected.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The committee presented its report to the Attorney General.
17  His report titillated the interest of the audience.
18  The professor angled his report to suit the audience he was speaking to.
19  The report form is available on disc from Personnel.
20  The report compares the different types of home computer available.
21  Palmer kept hammering away at his report.
22  Don't touch the report on my desk.
23  Martens gave a report on his sales trip to Korea.
24  His report was attacked as a gross distortion of the truth.
25  The special TV report disrupted regular programming.
26  I'll type your report if you'll babysit in exchange.
27  Key paragraphs of the report are set in italic type.
28  He has transmitted the report to us.
29  I am pleased to report that the various committees are now working in unison to thoroughly investigate this matter.
30  The report is also available in a truncated version.