SOLVE in a Sentence

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For SOLVE, below is one of 116 sentences:
I fancied that if I could solve their puzzles I should find myself in possession of powers that might be of use against the Morlocks.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOLVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
solve
 v.  find the answer; clear up; explain
 v.  work out the answer
Classic Sentence: (73 in 5 pages)
1  How to get Drebber to that house was the difficult problem which I had now to solve.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  But the problem the animals could not at first solve was how to break up the stone into pieces of suitable size.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
3  And that's the only way to solve the industrial problem: train the people to be able to live and live in handsomeness, without needing to spend.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
4  It is quite too transparent, and it was a very bad compliment when you said that it was impossible for me to solve so simple a question.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
5  Draw your chair up and hand me my violin, for the only problem we have still to solve is how to while away these bleak autumnal evenings.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  At that hour we shall be with you, and it will not be long before we solve the mystery.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
7  It is a formidable difficulty, and I fear that you ask too much when you expect me to solve it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
8  If it is a purely arbitrary one, it may be impossible for us to solve it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
9  "That is the problem which we are now about to solve," said Sherlock Holmes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
10  are the only initials we have to solve.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
11  Upon the fourth day there appeared a long telegram from Paris which seemed to solve the whole question.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
12  I fancied that if I could solve their puzzles I should find myself in possession of powers that might be of use against the Morlocks.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
13  However, leaving that mystery to solve itself, or go unsolved for ever, he drove his task onward with earnest haste and ecstasy.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
14  Biddy's first triumph in her new office, was to solve a difficulty that had completely vanquished me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVI
15  She could not solve the problem her father had unconsciously set her by his goodhumored view of her friends, and of the life that had so attracted her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 35
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
16  They suffer from the illusion that they cannot solve their problems.
17  I'm hoping the battery is just dead and that a quick charge will solve everything.
18  He is perhaps the best qualified person for many years to solve a long standing and bitter dispute.
19  In an ancillary capacity, Doctor Watson was helpful; however, Holmes could not trust the good doctor to solve a perplexing case on his own.
20  We should learn to face a problem squarely if we hope to solve it quickly.
21  Come and solve matchstick puzzles as quick as you can.
22  The mystery was solved when the police discovered the murder weapon.
23  The mystery has not yet been completely solved.
24  If you think that these transport problems can be solved by building more roads, you completely misunderstand the nature of the problem.
25  Once the design problems were solved, it was all/everything was plain sailing.
26  We hope the difficulty can be solved by getting the two sides together to discuss the issues.
27  Nobody has ever solved this problem.
28  He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.
29  Richer countries must dig deeper into their pockets if global problems, such as pollution, are to be solved.
30  Modern pharmacy has solved the problem of sleeplessness.