TRESPASS in a Sentence

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For TRESPASS, below is one of 18 sentences:
'If ever there was a donkey trespassing on my green,' said my aunt, with emphasis, 'there was one this afternoon at four o'clock.'

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 Meanings and Examples of TRESPASS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
trespass
 v.  unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
Classic Sentence:
1  I want nobody to trespass in it, said Clifford.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  At others he will with his own hands tear down some other man's gate and declare that a path has existed there from time immemorial, defying the owner to prosecute him for trespass.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
3  I will be entirely at your service in three minutes, if I might trespass upon your patience so far.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
4  At this trespass, Mr. Bondly took offence, and with his musket came down to the shore, and blew its deadly contents into the poor old man.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  'If ever there was a donkey trespassing on my green,' said my aunt, with emphasis, 'there was one this afternoon at four o'clock.'
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23. I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSI...
6  I told him it was a nuisance to have the woman trespassing: to which he replied that he had no power to arrest her.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
7  It seems to me, Miss Fairfax, that I am trespassing on your valuable time.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
8  One was less in love with the boy afterwards, and a little inclined to hate him, as if he had trespassed on one's privacy and inner freedom.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
9  They trespassed upon my thoughts.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
10  Toller lets him loose every night, and God help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs upon.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Example Sentence:
1  After meeting Thailand's foreign minister, Cambodia's prime minister, said armed clashes would erupt if Thai troops continued to trespass over the border.
2  Police can invoke the law of trespass to regulate access to these places.
3  Don't come trespassing on my land again.
4  They were acting to prevent the state from trespassing on family matters such as sex education.
5  They were trespassing on private property.
6  She was arrested for trespassing on government property.
7  He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges and was ordered to be released from Kent County Correctional Facility.
8  If the trespasser is a child, you face a greater risk of liability, especially if the child was drawn to your property by an attractive nuisance, such as a pond.