STUDY in a Sentence

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414 example sentences for STUDY, such as:

1. Come, if only as a study in morals.
2. It is important to develop good study skills.
3. If you don't study hard, you will hang behind.
4. He would study for eight to ten hours at a stretch.
5. The study was slowly lit up as the candle was brought in.

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 Meanings and Examples of STUDY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
study
 v.  learn about a subject, especially in an educational course or by reading books
 n.  a branch of knowledge
 n.  a room, especially in a house, used for quiet work such as reading or writing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  If this journey had taken place during my days of study and happiness, it would have afforded me inexpressible pleasure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
2  What had been the study and desire of the wisest men since the creation of the world was now within my grasp.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
3  My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
4  Often, likewise, one was the guest of the other in his place of study and retirement.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
5  This whole winter, instead of being spent in study, as you promised yourself, has been consumed in my sick room.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  But I had no inclination for the law, even in this less abstruse study of it, which my family approved.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
8  We went there at the usual hour; and round the study fireside found the Doctor, and his young wife, and her mother.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
9  The Doctor sat in his study chair, covering his face with his hands.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
10  I fell into a brown study as I walked on, and a voice at my side made me start.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 46. INTELLIGENCE
11  She was up in my study, Peggotty said: which it was her pride to keep in readiness and order for me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 62. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
12  The study was slowly lit up as the candle was brought in.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 26
13  Come, if only as a study in morals.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 15
14  His criticisms of Russian women, whom he wished to study, more than once made Vronsky crimson with indignation.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 1
15  "Yes, I used to study long ago, and now I have begun to do a little," said Vronsky, reddening.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (204 in 14 pages)
16  It is a study of the social and cultural milieu in which Michelangelo lived and worked.
17  Roberts has spent much of his working life collating the data on which the study was based.
18  We define education very broadly and students can study any aspect of its consequences for society.
19  We have chosen to define the scope of our study quite broadly.
20  It is important to develop good study skills.
21  Her study was not in any way intended to prejudice the future development of the college.
22  The study showed improved survival of patients using the drug.
23  The study set out to examine bias in television news coverage.
24  Let us extend the scope of the study to examine more factors.
25  This study sets out to examine the possible effects of climate change.
26  A study of language should feature in an English literature course.
27  The study encompasses the social, political, and economic aspects of the situation.
28  A new study of education in the US has just been published.
29  He would study for eight to ten hours at a stretch.
30  If you don't study hard, you will hang behind.