VISITOR in a Sentence

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He reached it, at the same moment as the visitor, who, coming hastily into the room, was close upon the girl before he observed her.

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 Meanings and Examples of VISITOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
visitor
 n.  a person visiting a person or place, especially socially or as a tourist
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  The hall door had hardly slammed behind our visitor before Holmes had descended the stair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
3  He did not rise to meet his visitor, but held out a cold hand and bade him welcome in a changed voice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
4  This news sent off the visitor with his fears renewed.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
5  There was a policeman not far off, advancing with his bull's eye open; and at the sight, I thought my visitor started and made greater haste.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
6  My visitor was, indeed, on fire with sombre excitement.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
7  But here I took pity on my visitor's suspense, and some perhaps on my own growing curiosity.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
8  My visitor, who had watched these metamorphoses with a keen eye, smiled, set down the glass upon the table, and then turned and looked upon me with an air of scrutiny.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
9  "It is well," replied my visitor.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
10  The visitor having strolled to the window, and being then engaged in looking carelessly out, was as unmoved by this impressive entry as man could possibly be.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
11  From the mistress of the house, the visitor glanced to the house itself.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
12  She arose, and would have conducted her lovely visitor to a seat; but the stranger looked at Elgitha, and again intimated a wish to discourse with the Lady Rowena alone.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
13  The little visitor meanwhile was as unhappy as possible.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  You are not aware, perhaps, that I have had a visitor this morning.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
15  He reached it, at the same moment as the visitor, who, coming hastily into the room, was close upon the girl before he observed her.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
16  The visitors beat at the door until he answered.
17  Most British visitors beat a well-worn path to the same tourist areas of the US.
18  A troop of visitors arrived.
19  With its quicksands the river usually drowns a few unwary visitors every season.
20  The view of lake and plunging cliffs seduces visitors.
21  We'll have to get some food in for the weekend if we're having visitors.
22  This weekend, visitors will get a rare chance to visit the private apartments.
23  We felt privileged to be the first group of Western visitors to enter the historic palace, resonant with past conflicts.
24  I'm very busy but I'll try to sandwich that job in between visitors.
25  All visitors must show their passes before entering the building.
26  A long flight of stairs made the center inaccessible to disabled visitors.
27  The visitors to the College were warmly welcomed by the Warden.
28  These regulations are inapplicable to visitors from outside the European Community.
29  First-time visitors to Spain are often surprised by how late people eat.
30  They talked up the tourist attractions to encourage more visitors.