USHER in a Sentence

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For USHER, below is one of 75 sentences:
He remembered the usher who, despite everything, would have been able to lead him out of there but who seemed to have gone long before.

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 Meanings and Examples of USHER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
usher
 v.  introduce; show someone to their seats
Classic Sentence: (68 in 5 pages)
1  Listen to this," said the usher, "they're always carrying her away from me.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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2  "Nothing that I know of," said the usher.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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3  Course she does," said the usher, "it's more her fault than theirs.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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4  "Well you're facing a charge, aren't you," said the usher.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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5  "I would be very grateful to you," said the usher of the court, somewhat formally, not really seeming to believe that his highest wish could be fulfilled.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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6  "Oh yes, yes," said the usher, as if this was a matter of course.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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7  And, quicker than the usher himself, he ran up the steps.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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8  waited for the usher, who was following just behind him.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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9  Then the usher of the court stepped forward to him and, in order to calm him down and raise his spirits, said, "The gentleman here's only asking what it is you're waiting for."
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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10  "These defendants are so sensitive, most of them," said the usher of the court.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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11  "You haven't seen everything yet," said the usher ingenuously.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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12  repeated, now somewhat sharper as if he had finally caught the usher out in a lie.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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13  Don't shout like that," whispered the usher, "there's offices all round us here.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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14  He remembered the usher who, despite everything, would have been able to lead him out of there but who seemed to have gone long before.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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15  looked out between the man and the young woman who were standing in front of him but was unable to find the usher.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
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Example Sentence:
1  We hope this celebration to usher in the new century.
2  I had planned to usher in the new decade with a month of abstinence.
3  In 1976 the suppression of an uprising in Soweto, a black township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, ushered in sanctions and boycotts, crimping South Africa's economy.
4  The veteran broadcaster ended "the age of deference" and ushered in a new era that made programmes like Newsnight and the Today programme possible.
5  Yesterday's match between Arsenal and Spurs ushered in the start of the new football season.
6  I was ushered into the headmaster's office by my teacher.
7  We enlisted them to serve as ushers at the meeting.