WHITE in a Sentence

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For WHITE, below is one of 310 sentences:
They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between.

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 Meanings and Examples of WHITE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
white
 n.  the color of maximum lightness, like that of snow, milk
 a.  belonging to the people with pale skin, whose family originally came from Europe
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It was on a clear morning, in the latter days of December, that I first saw the white cliffs of Britain.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  The snows descended on my head, and I saw the print of his huge step on the white plain.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  There he lies, white and cold in death.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be--will be utterly submerged.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  Our white girlhood was passed together there.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  He came only once, in white knickerbockers, and had a fight with a bum named Etty in the garden.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  Taking a white card from his wallet he waved it before the man's eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  It wasn't until then that I connected this Gatsby with the officer in her white car.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  A few days later he took him to Duluth and bought him a blue coat, six pair of white duck trousers and a yachting cap.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white plum tree.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  They were still under the white plum tree and their faces were touching except for a pale thin ray of moonlight between.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
13  At length the high white steeple of the town met my eyes.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
14  Jordan's fingers, powdered white over their tan, rested for a moment in mine.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
15  Her face bent into the single wrinkle of the small white neck.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
16  She bought a new white mop.
17  The sunken sailing-boat was a glimmer of white on the bottom.
18  He served a light white wine with the lunch.
19  The dome was supported by white marble columns.
20  A white car rocketed out of the school gate.
21  The boy's white shirt was marked up with spots of ink.
22  I like the contrast of the white trousers with the black jacket.
23  We may not be white is not pro but can be very character.
24  Her smile revealed a row of white, even teeth.
25  The plant produced a single white bloom.
26  The red horse walks away from the white one.
27  Save something for the man that rides on the white horse.
28  On high the great white clouds slid swiftly.
29  These shirts come in three different colours: white, pale blue and khaki.
30  I wore a white dress and was barefoot.