WEEKEND in a Sentence

Learn WEEKEND from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For WEEKEND, below is one of 100 sentences:
The other one was a schoolteacher in Chesterfield; she came home weekends, when she wasn't asked out somewhere.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of WEEKEND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
weekend
 n.  a time period extending from Friday night through Sunday
Classic Sentence:
1  Everything was perfectly new, and the whole thing, when shut up, was as big as a small, but fat weekend bag.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
2  The other one was a schoolteacher in Chesterfield; she came home weekends, when she wasn't asked out somewhere.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
16  The city centre really comes alive at the weekend.
17  I gave the kitchen a spring-clean at the weekend.
18  I don't work at the weekend.
19  I'm going to spend the weekend just relaxing.
20  The weather should continue to improve over the weekend.
21  Thomas came down with chickenpox at the weekend.
22  We're going hiking in the Lake District next weekend.
23  Rain is forecast for the weekend.
24  You can stay for the weekend if you like.
25  I put my shoulder out of joint last weekend lifting heavy boxes.
26  The fountain plays only at weekend.
27  Cooler weather is forecast for the weekend.
28  Two men were shot during fierce fighting last weekend.
29  My new neighbor moved in last weekend and already we're on speaking terms.
30  I'm going to meet Richard's parents for the first time this weekend.