SUBMIT in a Sentence

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For SUBMIT, below is one of 130 sentences:
He was too young, too strong, too full of the sap of living, to submit so easily to the destruction of his hopes.

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 Meanings and Examples of SUBMIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
submit
 v.  refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
Classic Sentence: (110 in 8 pages)
1  He was too young, too strong, too full of the sap of living, to submit so easily to the destruction of his hopes.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  Or--swallow our pride as best we can, submit gracefully and get the whole matter over with as easily as possible.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
3  She could not but believe it to be thoughtlessness on his part; yet that was no reason she should submit to it.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
4  He was ready at all times to submit to her moods, which were as often kind as they were cold.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
5  The family, having no idea of this, and no more money to throw away, had nothing to do but give up and submit to one more misery for the rest of their days.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  They made an offer to submit the whole question at issue to arbitration; and at the end of ten days the unions accepted it, and the strike was called off.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
7  The politic captain of the Canadas had deemed it wiser to submit to entertain a passive friend, than by any acts of ill-judged severity to convert him into an open enemy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
8  Magua advanced, and seized his captive strongly by the arm; the Delawares fell back, in silence; and Cora, as if conscious that remonstrance would be useless, prepared to submit to her fate without resistance.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
9  It is the will of Heaven, and I submit.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
10  He made me submit; he made me be peaceable; he flattered me with hopes that, perhaps, he would buy them back; and so things went on, a week or two.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  She did not really want to sit, poked in a corner by the fire; she would rather have watched from the door, but she was being looked after, so she had to submit.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  There was nothing to be done, however, but to submit quietly and hope the best.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  Gladly would I submit to all the increased pain of losing her, rather than have to think of her as I do.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
14  It was a reference to the future, which Anne, after a little observation, felt she must submit to.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
15  She had only to submit, sit down, be outwardly composed, and feel herself plunged at once in all the agitations which she had merely laid her account of tasting a little before the morning closed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  The candidate must submit two bound copies of his or her thesis.
2  These days it seems we must all submit to the tyranny of the motor car.
3  Following this critique, students rewrite their papers and submit them for final evaluation.
4  Local authorities should submit schemes to the relevant minister for approval.
5  Please submit the document to me.
6  They were forced to submit to Bulgarian rule.
7  I hope you can submit your term papers before the deadline.
8  What I submit is a dialogue that respects the humanity of both parties.
9  Therefore, I have decided not to submit this film for consideration for the best documentary Oscar.
10  The delegation submitted a memorandum to the Commons on the blatant violations of basic human rights.
11  That's the man to whom I had submitted my application.
12  Some of you have not yet submitted your homework to me.
13  The developers submitted building plans to the council for approval.
14  He submitted his proposal for urban development to the city council.
15  Counsel for the defence submitted that his client was clearly innocent.