TICKET in a Sentence

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For TICKET, below is one of 103 sentences:
Mr. Cutter showed his wife's ticket to the conductor, and settled her in her seat before the train moved off.

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 Meanings and Examples of TICKET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ticket
 n.  a piece of paper or small card that gives the holder a certain right
 n.  a certificate or warrant
Classic Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1  Just as soon as you can vote the Republican ticket, you are going to have the white man's property.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  And Kells Whiting was cleaning up money with his hair straightener, because he told the negroes they wouldn't ever be permitted to vote the Republican ticket if they had kinky hair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  Ef you buy me a ticket ter Tara, Ah sho be glad ter git home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
4  He attended Democratic rallies and he ostentatiously voted the Democratic ticket.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  He bought her ticket and put her on the train.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XV
6  She saw him slip a twenty-dollar bill into her handbag with her ticket.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XV
7  Mr. Cutter showed his wife's ticket to the conductor, and settled her in her seat before the train moved off.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XV
8  It was not until nearly nightfall that she discovered she was on the express bound for Kansas City, that her ticket was made out to that point, and that Cutter must have planned it so.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XV
9  But he did neither: and, when he was sitting alone in the deserted tram, he tore his ticket into shreds and stared gloomily at the corrugated footboard.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
10  He came in the train from Klausenburg, and the guard was told by the station-master there that he rushed into the station shouting for a ticket for home.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  Seeing from his violent demeanour that he was English, they gave him a ticket for the furthest station on the way thither that the train reached.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  They were standing on the crowded platform and he was placing a ticket inside the warm palm of her glove.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
13  He gave me this little ticket for you.
Arms and the Man By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
14  So I'm a bit of a waste ticket by myself.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
15  Then, having taken another look round, I returned to my carriage, where I found that the porter, in spite of the ticket, had given me my decrepit Italian friend as a traveling companion.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
16  You must pay for the ticket in advance.
17  Insert coins into the slot and press for a ticket.
18  I soaked the price ticket off.
19  He swapped his radio for a ticket of a football match.
20  I don't rate your chances of getting a ticket for the Leeds game.
21  He plans to remain on the Republican ticket for the November election.
22  He ran for governor on the Republican ticket.
23  Your return ticket is valid for three months.
24  We went to renew our monthly season ticket.
25  My season ticket will expire this week.
26  This ticket entitles you to a free seat at the concert.
27  They plumped for a third party ticket.
28  Our Affiliate programs empower our associates to earn commissions and receive ticket discounts.
29  Occasionally when you come up the stair or escalator of station you're also met by a ticket inspector.
30  This ticket has passed its expiration date, and so it is now invalid.