WEALTHY in a Sentence

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Winter was an elderly gentleman now, wealthy, one of the wealthy coal-owners who had had their hey-day in King Edward's time.

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 Meanings and Examples of WEALTHY
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wealthy
 a.  having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Classic Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
1  Rumour reported that Drebber had managed to convert a large part of his property into money, and that he had departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was comparatively poor.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2  "Because they are more wealthy," answered the Grand Master.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
3  Winter was an elderly gentleman now, wealthy, one of the wealthy coal-owners who had had their hey-day in King Edward's time.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
4  The mines had made the halls wealthy.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  The doctor, after tasting the cool stuff, and expressing a qualified approval of it, hurried away: his boots creaking in a very important and wealthy manner as he went downstairs.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
6  When she reached the more wealthy quarter of the town, the streets were comparatively deserted; and here her headlong progress excited a still greater curiosity in the stragglers whom she hurried past.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
7  And yet you might have been a wealthy man if you had only persevered.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
8  The Boscombe Pool, which is a little reed-girt sheet of water some fifty yards across, is situated at the boundary between the Hatherley Farm and the private park of the wealthy Mr. Turner.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
9  We got away with the gold, became wealthy men, and made our way over to England without being suspected.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
10  He earns his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly by acting as guide to any wealthy Orientals who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
11  At the same time," Holmes continued, "Lady Eva is not a wealthy woman.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
12  Here, in a broad thoroughfare, once the abode of wealthy City merchants, we found the sculpture works for which we searched.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
13  It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
14  I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west--all dead now.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
15  I remember her aunt very well, Biddy Henshawe; she married a very wealthy man.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  Jiao Zi looks like gold coin, implying a wealthy year ahead.
2  Although she was wealthy, she lived in an unpretentious house.
3  At least a dozen people attend on the bride of the wealthy prince.
4  Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
5  He grew up in a wealthy family.
6  She was born into a wealthy family.
7  Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
8  These facts would seem to indicate that the family was wealthy.
9  The student wants to find a wealthy patron in America.
10  We should levy a heavy tax on the wealthy men.
11  She spent her childhood as the pampered daughter of a wealthy family.
12  He said it was a very old name in that neighborhood; that the ancestor of the house was wealthy.
13  Although young Lord Widgeon was insolvent, he had no fear of being thrown into debtors' prison, for he was sure that if his creditors pressed him for payment his wealthy parents would repay what he owed.
14  A wealthy sponsor came to our rescue with a generous donation.
15  The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.