SAMPLE in a Sentence

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For SAMPLE, below is one of 49 sentences:
With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAMPLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sample
 n.  small part of something intended as representative of the whole
Classic Sentence:
1  He assures them that their last sample is impure and quite useless for his present purpose.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
2  Only when a new sample comes from the chemist, there's a bit of a break.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
3  My suspicions were all confirmed by his peculiar action in typewriting his signature, which, of course, inferred that his handwriting was so familiar to her that she would recognise even the smallest sample of it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
4  With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
5  But this particular sample is so short that I can do nothing, and the facts which you have brought me are so indefinite that we have no basis for an investigation.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6  The earth round the spike had been left on the table, and a second sample was loosened and fell in the bedroom.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
7  "Teddy is a remarkable boy, and can't be taken as a sample of other boys," said Amy, in a tone of solemn conviction, which would have convulsed the 'remarkable boy' if he had heard it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
8  it must be exactly like the sample.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III
9  He rummaged in the roll-top desk on which Nat Hicks kept bills, buttons, calendars, buckles, thread-channeled wax, shotgun shells, samples of brocade for "fancy vests," fishing-reels, pornographic post-cards, shreds of buckram lining.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  Behind the hotel there was an old store building, where the salesmen opened their big trunks and spread out their samples on the counters.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: V
11  It rose to the mind of Marie, as, dressed in loose morning-robes, and surrounded by anxious servants, she sat up in a great easy-chair, and inspected samples of crape and bombazine.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  She found Marie reclining at length upon a lounge, supporting herself on one elbow by pillows, while Jane, who had been out shopping, was displaying before her certain samples of thin black stuffs.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
13  The jeweller drew from his pocket a long flat box, which contained several samples of the articles demanded.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
14  Flitting, tasting, returning, they sampled the colours.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  They collect blood samples for analysis at a national laboratory.
17  The blood samples are sent to the laboratory for analysis.
18  The practice is to keep on record any analysis of samples.
19  Blood samples were sent to the laboratory for analysis.
20  The analysis of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable clues to the police.
21  The exhibitors at the trade fair passed out free samples to stimulate interest.
22  These TV sets do not assort with the samples.
23  Her latest album makes extensive use of samples from a wide range of acid jazz tracks.
24  Please bring some samples of your work to the interview.
25  The cell samples are analyzed by a lab.
26  The research involves collecting data from two random samples.
27  The difference between the two samples was not statistically significant.
28  A very effective mailing of product samples was carried out last year.
29  Investigators will take samples of the wreckage to identify the cause.
30  You'll receive samples of paint, curtains and upholstery.