WIDE in a Sentence

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For WIDE, below is one of 410 sentences:
The lavender barred muslin was beautiful with those wide insets of lace and net about the hem, but it had never suited her type.

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 Meanings and Examples of WIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
wide
 a.  having considerable from side to side; broad
 ad.  to the full extent of opening
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  They stood together in the gloom of the spruces, an empty world glimmering about them wide and grey under the stars.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Brent's wide ingenuous face was puzzled and mildly indignant.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  She had been on the front porch and he had ridden up the long avenue, dressed in gray broadcloth with a wide black cravat setting off his frilled shirt to perfection.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  His thickset torso was supported by short sturdy legs, always incased in the finest leather boots procurable and always planted wide apart like a swaggering small boy's.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  His was as Irish a face as could be found in the length and breadth of the homeland he had left so long ago--round, high colored, short nosed, wide mouthed and belligerent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  An hour later when the conversation began to lag, Gerald, with a guile that belied the wide innocence of his bright blue eyes, proposed a game.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  Opposite the winding stair stood a walnut sideboard, too large for use in the dining room, bearing on its wide top several lamps and a long row of candles in candlesticks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  The day was warm for April and the golden sunlight streamed brilliantly into Scarlett's room through the blue curtains of the wide windows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  The lavender barred muslin was beautiful with those wide insets of lace and net about the hem, but it had never suited her type.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  The wide curving driveway was full of saddle horses and carriages and guests alighting and calling greetings to friends.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
11  Scarlett thought she had never seen a man with such wide shoulders, so heavy with muscles, almost too heavy for gentility.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  Scarlett spoke pleasantly to her and started up the wide stairs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  Too wide across the cheek bones, too pointed at the chin, it was a sweet, timid face but a plain face, and she had no feminine tricks of allure to make observers forget its plainness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  The men sprang from benches and chairs, arms in wide gestures, voices clashing for the right to be heard above other voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  His gray eyes opened wide and their drowsiness disappeared in an intensity that Scarlett had never seen before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (200 in 14 pages)
16  We stock a wide variety of styles and sizes.
17  He's a versatile actor who has played a wide variety of parts.
18  This technique is applicable to a wide variety of crops, but some modifications may be necessary to accommodate the peculiarities of each type.
19  There are a wide variety of popular discontents which need discussing.
20  A wide variety of alpine flowers can be found at all altitudes.
21  The research was funded from a wide variety of sources.
22  The many different habitats support a wide variety of birds.
23  Our field of vision is surprisingly wide.
24  A wide promenade allows many people to walk at the same time.
25  Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
26  He built the house low and wide.
27  Using a wide tape gives better quality sound reproduction.
28  There is wide disagreement on this issue.
29  His wide chest tapers to a small waist.
30  Its branches spread far and wide.