TERM in a Sentence

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For TERM, below is one of 418 sentences:
For myself, my term of service in India had trained me to stand heat better than cold, and a thermometer at ninety was no hardship.

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 Meanings and Examples of TERM
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term
 n.  one of two or more divisions of a school year
 n.  a period of time to which limits have been set
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Indeed, its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that it had already exceeded the usual term of canine existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  The pleasures which I made haste to seek in my disguise were, as I have said, undignified; I would scarce use a harder term.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
3  And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  I must have something that I can term exclusively my own by this foray of ours, and I have fixed on the lovely Jewess as my peculiar prize.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  As for sex, the last of the great words, it was just a cocktail term for an excitement that bucked you up for a while, then left you more raggy than ever.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
6  Oliver mildly replied, that he had always heard a bird's mouth described by the term in question.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  The term you use,' said Mr. Brownlow, sternly, 'is a reproach to those long since passed beyond the feeble censure of the world.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
8  You misled me by the term gentleman.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  To one of middle age the countenance was that of a young man, though a youth might hardly have seen any necessity for the term of immaturity.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
10  He could only decently save himself by Thomasin; and once he became her husband, Eustacia's repentance, he thought, would set in for a long and bitter term.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
11  The natural term of a holiday had passed, yet he still remained.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 1 "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is"
12  As it was, he suffered a long term of imprisonment and afterwards returned to England a morose and disappointed man.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
13  For myself, my term of service in India had trained me to stand heat better than cold, and a thermometer at ninety was no hardship.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
14  It was evidently a term of reproach.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
15  I was among these last, but my term was not for life.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Example Sentence: (208 in 14 pages)
16  Amlee decided not to seek another term, while Cross was defeated by Democrat Chuck Ford in the general election.
17  Parmesan is a generic term used to describe a family of hard Italian cheeses.
18  The term "claret", used to describe Bordeaux wines, may come from the French word "clairet".
19  The term 'cardboard city' was coined to describe communities of homeless people living in cardboard boxes.
20  It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
21  Jaron Lanier coined the term "virtual reality" and pioneered its early development.
22  The term of agreement can be for either two or three years.
23  She was awarded her colours for hockey/her hockey colours at the end of term.
24  He has no right to term himself an expert.
25  They suffer from health problems and fear the long term effects of radiation.
26  Our primary focus this term will be on group work.
27  Next term we shall study plants and how they grow.
28  I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.
29  The term "black hole" is of very recent origin.
30  The term 'business' is here interpreted broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors.