TABLE in a Sentence

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For TABLE, below is one of 392 sentences:
Napoleon was so gratified that he left his place and came round the table to clink his mug against Mr. Pilkington's before emptying it.

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 Meanings and Examples of TABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
table
 n.  a piece of furniture that has a flat top supported by legs
 v.  leave a subject or idea to be discussed later
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in his work.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  Then I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  Holmes laughed and threw his card across the table to the constable.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
4  Dinner was on the table before he appeared.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
5  When I returned with the pistol the table had been cleared, and Holmes was engaged in his favourite occupation of scraping upon his violin.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
6  He gnawed his lip, drummed his fingers upon the table, and showed every other symptom of acute impatience.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
7  He sank his head upon the table and sobbed at the thought of his own impotence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
8  He flung himself upon the cold meat and bread which were still lying upon the table from his host's supper, and devoured it voraciously.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
9  There, round the long table, sat half a dozen farmers and half a dozen of the more eminent pigs, Napoleon himself occupying the seat of honour at the head of the table.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
10  Napoleon was so gratified that he left his place and came round the table to clink his mug against Mr. Pilkington's before emptying it.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
11  There were shoutings, bangings on the table, sharp suspicious glances, furious denials.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
12  "Touch wood," she added, tapping the table.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
13  He dabbed them down on the kitchen table, the filleted soles, the semi-transparent boneless fish.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
14  The cat rubbed itself this way, that way against the table legs, against her legs.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
15  So none of them would walk by the lily pool at night, only now when the sun shone and the gentry still sat at table.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
Example Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
16  Put a book under the table to keep it stable.
17  He claims he's a big drinker, but even his daughter could drink him under the table.
18  The child remained under the table in a temper until his father came home.
19  The table creaked and groaned under the weight.
20  Flick the dust off and we will use this table.
21  There's a digital watch on the table.
22  I agree that he was probably killed by a single blow and that wooden mallet on the table seems the likely weapon.
23  A puff of wind blew the papers off the table.
24  There was a really noisy table behind us celebrating someone's birthday.
25  They hoicked the box onto the table.
26  A large wooden box served as our table.
27  Planting his case on the table, he looked at us expectantly.
28  There was an enormous oak table in the center of the room.
29  He put the pile of chips in the center of the table and drew a card.
30  In the center of the kitchen was a large pine table, bleached by age, with benches on either side.