WENT in a Sentence

Learn WENT 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.

404 example sentences for WENT, such as:

1. I went to bed at my usual time.
2. The minister went up the steps.
3. He had a bath and then went to bed.
4. I went to a very traditional school.
5. I went with them out to the veranda.

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 Meanings and Examples of WENT
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went
 v.  past tense of GO
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "Things went from bad to worse," suggested Miss Baker.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  We shook hands with him gravely and went back outdoors.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  I had nothing to do in the hall so I went into the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  His eyes went over it, every arched door and square tower.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  I went with them out to the veranda.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
6  Daisy rose, smiling faintly, and went to the table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  The minister went up the steps.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
8  Possibly, she went up among the clouds.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
9  Wherever they went, she was evidently always on the watch.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
10  Mrs. Joe was going to break out, but Joe went on.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII
11  He touched me gently on the forehead, and went out.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVII
12  "Concerning a guardian," he went on.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
13  In every single thing I went for, I went for you.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
14  With this project formed, we went to bed.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLI
15  They always went on agen me about the Devil.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLII
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  Donna left school and went to art college.
17  These actors went over very well with the audience.
18  He glimpsed her as the beautiful girl went by.
19  The colours become mellow as the sun went down.
20  I went to bed at my usual time.
21  He had a bath and then went to bed.
22  She succumbed to weariness and went to bed.
23  They washed their faces and went to bed.
24  If the heaven are too crowded, we went to hell rampant.
25  He went careering off down the track.
26  I went to a very traditional school.
27  I went everywhere for treatment, tried all sorts of quacks.
28  He went through hell during the trial.
29  We went on a day trip to the seaside.
30  He went to great trouble to make his guests comfortable.