WALNUT in a Sentence

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She smiled at him, and the Perrys faded, the pioneers faded, till they were but daguerreotypes in a black walnut cupboard.

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 Meanings and Examples of WALNUT
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walnut
 n.  tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
Classic Sentence:
1  Opposite the winding stair stood a walnut sideboard, too large for use in the dining room, bearing on its wide top several lamps and a long row of candles in candlesticks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  The little room, cheaply furnished in black walnut, was in semidarkness, the lamp shaded with a newspaper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
3  She revolted from the complacent ugliness of Mrs. Peniston's black walnut, from the slippery gloss of the vestibule tiles, and the mingled odour of sapolio and furniture-polish that met her at the door.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
4  She was meditating upon walnut fudge, the plays of Brieux, the reasons why heels run over, and the fact that the chemistry instructor had stared at the new coiffure which concealed her ears.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  She smiled at him, and the Perrys faded, the pioneers faded, till they were but daguerreotypes in a black walnut cupboard.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
7  One evening when we were picking out kernels for walnut taffy, Tony told us a new story.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VI
8  A dog, a woman, an a walnut tree.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  They were perfectly round white things a trifle smaller than an English walnut.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  I could see clearly a room with a sanded floor, clean scoured; a dresser of walnut, with pewter plates ranged in rows, reflecting the redness and radiance of a glowing peat-fire.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  The old walnut trees are all come down to make room for it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
12  Two governesses were sitting with the Vogels at a table, on which were plates of raisins, walnuts, and almonds.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence:
1  I could see clearly a room with a sanded floor; a dresser of walnut, with pewter plates ranged in rows, reflecting the redness and radiance of a glowing peat-fire.
2  The gun has nice walnut, is well made, the boy loves my gun and the price was good.
3  Cashew nuts and walnuts are both nuts.