UNEVEN in a Sentence

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Suddenly one shot after another rang out from the French, smoke appeared all along their uneven ranks, and musket shots sounded.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNEVEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
uneven
 a.  not even; not level; not uniform; rough
Classic Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  As the sun warmed the world of stubble into a welter of yellow they turned from the highroad, through the bars of a farmer's gate, into a field, slowly bumping over the uneven earth.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  Beside this man in blue flannel shirt, baggy khaki trousers, uneven suspenders, and vile felt hat, she was small and exquisite.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  She commented upon the sloping roof of unplastered boards stained in brown rings by the rain, the uneven floor, the cot and its tumbled discouraged-looking quilts, the broken rocker, the distorting mirror.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
4  Oh, I know it; probably I'm uneven.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  She was fond of her children in an uneven, impulsive way.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  "I thought you were going away," she said, in an uneven voice.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXI
7  The path soon became more uneven, and the travelers could plainly perceive that the mountains drew nigher to them on each hand, and that they were, in truth, about entering one of their gorges.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
8  Occasionally, in this low-arched hall, a soldier would arouse and turn his body to a new position, the experience of his sleep having taught him of uneven and objectionable places upon the ground under him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
9  The ground was uneven and torn.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
10  But now this head was swaying helplessly with the uneven movements of the bearers, and the cold listless gaze fixed itself upon nothing.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII
11  All eyes fastened involuntarily on this French column advancing against them and winding down over the uneven ground.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII
12  Suddenly one shot after another rang out from the French, smoke appeared all along their uneven ranks, and musket shots sounded.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVIII
13  The lunatic's solemn, gloomy face was thin and yellow, with its beard growing in uneven tufts.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXV
14  Then came the loud ringing of a bell, mingled with the noise of fire-arms, and the shouts of men, and the sensation of being carried over uneven ground at a rapid pace.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
15  One man on horseback seemed to be among the crowd; for there was the noise of hoofs rattling on the uneven pavement.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
Example Sentence:
1  The floor felt uneven under his feet.
2  The population is distributed in a very uneven pattern.
3  He staggered on the uneven surface of the car park.
4  The car bumped on the uneven surface of the gravel road.
5  The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
6  Profits were distributed unevenly.
7  Many microwaves heat unevenly, leading to hot spots in the milk.