SECURE in a Sentence

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For SECURE, below is one of 412 sentences:
So that while the one, to secure the obedience of his soldiers, put his own son to death, the other never dealt harshly with any man.

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 Meanings and Examples of SECURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
secure
 v.  free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It took fifty years to secure the approval of all the Councils for the Candle, and to decide upon the number needed, and to re-fit the Plans so as to make candles instead of torches.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART SEVEN
2  For during these times in which good men governed, he will see the prince secure in the midst of happy subjects, and the whole world filled with peace and justice.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X.
3  Undoubtedly those princes are to be reckoned unhappy, who, to secure their position, are forced to advance by unusual and irregular paths, and with the people for their enemies.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI.
4  Thus the desire to secure its own liberty prompted each faction to make itself strong enough to oppress the other.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVI.
5  This compromise satisfied the commons, who thought they would thus get rid of the consulship, and secure the highest offices of the State for their own order.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLVII.
6  So far as the Latins are concerned, you can secure a lasting peace either by clemency or by severity.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIII.
7  Here, again, we see, what has already been noted, how prone men are to adopt wrong courses, and how often they miss their object when they think to secure it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXV.
8  So that while the one, to secure the obedience of his soldiers, put his own son to death, the other never dealt harshly with any man.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: Chapter XXII.—That the severity of Manlius Torquatus and ...
9  The latter he can secure by discipline and by his reputation for valour.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: Chapter XXII.—That the severity of Manlius Torquatus and ...
10  Whereupon, he was sent by the consul with three thousand men to secure the height, and so saved the Roman army.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXIX.
11  political power to governors for the benefit of their subjects, to secure them in the possession and use of their properties.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
12  Then could the Venetians realize the rashness of the course taken by them, which, in order that they might secure two towns in Lombardy, had made the king master of two-thirds of Italy.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES
13  After which victory, Darius being killed, the state remained secure to Alexander, for the above reasons.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ALEX...
14  For this reason they are very slow to take up arms, and a prince can gain them to himself and secure them much more easily.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V — CONCERNING THE WAY TO GOVERN CITIES OR PRINCI...
15  It was his intention to secure himself against them, and this he would have quickly accomplished had Alexander lived.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  Over a tenth of the population have secure, undemanding jobs.
17  Car manufacturers ought to produce vehicles which are more secure against theft.
18  UN troops will secure the land corridor so that food supplies can reach the trapped civilians.
19  Britain is intensifying its efforts to secure the release of the hostages.
20  They failed to secure the release of the prisoners.
21  Negotiators are still working to secure the hostages' release.
22  The government has been working to secure the release of the hostages.
23  New technology should provide a secure firewall against hackers.
24  In the meantime, she could keep the $400,000 in a secure investment such as a term deposit or money market fund.
25  But the Clinton stash keeps her in pole position in the race to secure the party nomination in a year's time.
26  If you would like to purchase any of this merchandise, you can click on the pictures and you will be taken to a secure site to handle the transaction.
27  It may be many years before the new company can gain a secure foothold in the market.
28  The troops secure the area before the civilians are allowed to return.
29  Although superficially similar to the Japanese nuclear reactor accident in March that started with flooding, the situation at the Fort Calhoun plant appears far more secure.
30  Google changes policy to access accounts more granular, secure, and better understood by end users; one of the changes is to implement an extensive vetting process.