SAFE in a Sentence

Learn SAFE from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For SAFE, below is one of 337 sentences:
But no sooner was Mr. Utterson alone that night than he locked the note into his safe, where it reposed from that time forward.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAFE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
safe
 a.  out of danger; not able to be hurt
 n.  a steel or iron box for money, jewels, papers
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Whoever had thoroughly grasped it would be safe from human influences.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
2  What's more to the point, with the Will in it; safe and sound; wrapped in parchment.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
3  But safe and sheltered as I am, always at home, protected as you see me, as you think me.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
4  There he opened his safe, took from the most private part of it a document endorsed on the envelope as Dr. Jekyll's Will, and sat down with a clouded brow to study its contents.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
5  But no sooner was Mr. Utterson alone that night than he locked the note into his safe, where it reposed from that time forward.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
6  He had grown into an extremely clear-headed, cautious, prudent young man, who was safe to rise in the world.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
7  He was not so honest, he was not so manly, he was not so good-humoured; he substituted cunning for their simplicity, and passion for their safe solid sense.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
8  He seemed to feel that as long as Bounderby could make no discovery without his knowledge, he was so far safe.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V
9  "The herd is safe, so please ye," said Gurth.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  Therefore, Jew, I will see thee safe under some fitting escort.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  We go with you no farther," said they; "it were not safe that we should do so.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  Less pleasant, and less safe, when Cynthia's lamp.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
13  Yet the valiant Jester, as soon as he found himself safe, hesitated more than once whether he should not turn back and share the captivity of a master to whom he was sincerely attached.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
14  It is safe with me," said the Outlaw, "so be that this thy scroll produce the sum therein nominated and set down.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
15  But I have turned the matter as I could; you are safe if you renounce Rebecca.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence: (127 in 9 pages)
16  Check that the equipment is operating in a safe manner.
17  They were unwilling, or unable, to guarantee safe passage from the city to the aircraft.
18  Her family was given safe conduct to Britain when civil war broke out.
19  Windsurfing is perfectly safe as long as you have/use some common sense.
20  The economics of maintaining a safe environment are not just the concern of the government.
21  They aimed to make the country safe from terrorist attacks.
22  The aim is to create a safe haven for the thousands of refugees.
23  Don't go near the edge - it isn't safe.
24  The young men were assessed as either safe or unsafe drivers.
25  In order to make it safe, the element is electrically insulated.
26  She claimed that nuclear power was the most environmentally safe form of energy.
27  Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment.
28  Electric cars are being marketed as safe for the environment.
29  Everybody rowed with might and main and soon we got into the safe waters.
30  Everyone rejoiced at the news of his safe return.