WARN in a Sentence

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For WARN, below is one of 332 sentences:
Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.

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 Meanings and Examples of WARN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
warn
 v.  admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
 v.  notify, usually in advance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He warn't any more responsible than a colt.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  But there warn't any other place as handy after that fool of a job.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  We judged it warn't worth while.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
4  All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change, I warn't particular.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I.
5  Then I set down in a chair by the window and tried to think of something cheerful, but it warn't no use.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I.
6  Well, likely it was minutes and minutes that there warn't a sound, and we all there so close together.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II.
7  But I said no; he might wake and make a disturbance, and then they'd find out I warn't in.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II.
8  It warn't any good to me without hooks.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
9  But I warn't comfortable long, because I happened to think of something.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
10  So I knowed, then, that this warn't pap, but a woman dressed up in a man's clothes.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
11  But there warn't no Spaniards and A-rabs, and there warn't no camels nor no elephants.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
12  It warn't anything but a Sunday-school picnic, and only a primer-class at that.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
13  I was getting sort of used to the widow's ways, too, and they warn't so raspy on me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
14  She said she warn't ashamed of me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
15  But it warn't no use; he said it wouldn't talk.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
Example Sentence: (122 in 9 pages)
16  They erected a lighthouse on the promontory to warn approaching ships of their nearness to the shore.
17  Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.
18  I tried to warn him, but he wouldn't listen.
19  It seems only right to warn you of the risk.
20  Facebook can gain direct access to a person's mobile and take pictures or make videos at any time without explicit consent, MPs warn as they call on social media companies to simplify their terms and conditions.
21  The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.
22  Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.
23  In a coded telephone warning, Scotland Yard were told four bombs had been planted in the area.
24  Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
25  Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence.
26  The minister gave a warning that if war broke out, it would be catastrophic.
27  One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
28  Let me give you a word of warning.
29  The warning lights were clearly visible.
30  But few at the conference in London last week heeded his warning.