SAY in a Sentence

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Some people say that loneliness is shameful, but fashion is a means of resistance alone, this is fashion realm.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
say
 v.  pronounce words or sounds to express a thought
 v.  think or believe
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  That cannot be; but all that I can say will be of little avail.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  The horses, needless to say, were not mentioned again.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  Yes," he said after a moment, "but of course I'll say I was.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  A revelation, he could almost say, had been granted to him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
6  It is enough," said she; "to say that he is unlike Fanny is enough.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
7  Ay, you will make conquests enough, I dare say, one way or other.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
8  Nay, my dear, I'm sure I don't pretend to say that there an't.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
9  I dare say you are, and I am sure I do not at all wonder at it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
10  And so I shall always say, my dear, you may depend on it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
11  Marianne, I dare say, will not leave her room again this evening.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
12  Not so large, I dare say, as many people suppose.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
13  My dear Madam,' I always say to her, 'you must make yourself easy.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
14  I heard him say all this as plain as could possibly be.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38
15  They'd say," returned my sister, curtly, "pretty well.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Some people say that loneliness is shameful, but fashion is a means of resistance alone, this is fashion realm.
17  Don't say bad things about others.
18  Don't say a word about the accident to my mother.
19  Although the relationship is no longer as concerned about it, but how can you say broken off.
20  I will preface what I am going to say with a few lines from Shakespeare.
21  To say is one thing; to do is quite another.
22  Police say there appear to be signs of a break-in.
23  I absolutely don't say I love you, this is between us the tacit understanding.
24  If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true.
25  If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture.
26  He telephoned to say he couldn't attend the meeting.
27  I find her attitude a bit peculiar, to say the least.
28  Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
29  All of life is an act of letting go,but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.
30  Don't say sorry, because we never mind.