UNIVERSITY in a Sentence

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Academics and employers are deeply concerned that students are not sufficiently prepared mathematically for university courses.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNIVERSITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
university
 n.  the body of faculty and students at a university
 n.  establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
Classic Sentence: (181 in 13 pages)
1  When I had attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
2  In the university whither I was going I must form my own friends and be my own protector.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  One of my first duties on my recovery was to introduce Clerval to the several professors of the university.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  He came to the university with the design of making himself complete master of the oriental languages, and thus he should open a field for the plan of life he had marked out for himself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  He had both prepared for the university with the young Prince Shtcherbatsky, the brother of Kitty and Dolly, and had entered at the same time with him.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 6
6  Kitty was still a child when Levin left the university.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 6
7  In the high school and the university, and afterwards in the service, Alexey Alexandrovitch had never formed a close friendship with anyone.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 21
8  It was proposed to elect as marshal in place of Snetkov either Sviazhsky, or, better still, Nevyedovsky, a former university professor, a man of remarkable intelligence and a great friend of Sergey Ivanovitch.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 26
9  Levin had on this visit to town seen a great deal of his old friend at the university, Professor Katavasov, whom he had not seen since his marriage.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 3
10  And a conversation sprang up upon the university question, which was a very important event that winter in Moscow.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 3
11  Levin, though he did not belong to the university, had several times already during his stay in Moscow heard and talked about this matter, and had his own opinion on the subject.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 3
12  He took part in the conversation that was continued in the street, as they all three walked to the buildings of the old university.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 3
13  After that the conversation turned again on the university question.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 3
14  This was worth getting expelled from the university.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
15  And Wade could have nourishing food to fill out his thin cheeks and warm clothes and a governess and afterward go to the university.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
Example Sentence: (143 in 10 pages)
16  The committee proposed the creation of a new Chair of Portuguese for the university.
17  They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.
18  She failed to gain admission to the university of her choice.
19  The college is affiliated to the university.
20  The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
21  At that time, it was completely unheard-of for girls to go to university.
22  Academics and employers are deeply concerned that students are not sufficiently prepared mathematically for university courses.
23  Both my brothers have university degrees.
24  I had to deal with the university's bureaucracy before I could change from one course to another.
25  The university conferred its highest degree on the statesman.
26  The most important reason for coming to university is to work for a degree.
27  The university conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
28  A university degree isn't always an open sesame to a good job.
29  Her dream to enter the famous university came true.
30  In a university students live together, encourage, support and cross-fertilise each other.