WINNING in a Sentence

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She remained deeply pondering; and Thomasin's winning manner towards her cousin arose again upon Eustacia's mind.

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 Meanings and Examples of WINNING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
winning
 a.  having won
 a.  very attractive; capturing interest
Classic Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
1  Stern was the law, which at the winning wile.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  She remained deeply pondering; and Thomasin's winning manner towards her cousin arose again upon Eustacia's mind.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
3  "The gentleman looked like winning, as I said," observed the chapman blandly.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
4  Wildeve won first, and Christian ventured another, winning himself this time.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
5  He is not ungrateful for winning her," whispered Eustacia, "and in that respect he is a good man.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
6  There have been cases before now where trainers have made sure of great sums of money by laying against their own horses, through agents, and then preventing them from winning by fraud.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
7  He was a very brilliant boy, and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finished his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
8  He will hold a card back for years in order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
9  But she was so much changed, was so much more beautiful, so much more womanly, in all things winning admiration, had made such wonderful advance, that I seemed to have made none.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
10  Her manner was more winning than she had cared to let it be to me before, and I thought I saw Miss Havisham's influence in the change.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIII
11  It was impossible for me to avoid seeing that she cared to attract me; that she made herself winning, and would have won me even if the task had needed pains.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIII
12  I was charmed with her childish, winning way.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37. A LITTLE COLD WATER
13  The mile-and-a-half race was just finishing, and all eyes were fixed on the horse-guard in front and the light hussar behind, urging their horses on with a last effort close to the winning post.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 24
14  His kindly smile was so winning that Alexey Alexandrovitch, feeling his own weakness and unconsciously swayed by it, was ready to believe what Stepan Arkadyevitch was saying.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 22
15  "Good-bye," she said, holding his hand and glancing into his face with a winning look.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 10
Example Sentence: (201 in 14 pages)
16  A majority of Congress members wanted to put off an election until they could be sure of winning it.
17  A minority administration should face little difficulty winning Liberal Democrat support for similar objectives.
18  The winning design came from an architect in Glasgow.
19  The difference in winning and losing is most often not quitting.
20  Jean was really lucky that she picked a winning number on the first draw.
21  I wouldn't bet on them winning the next election.
22  Moreover, surveys reveal that the process committee overlay to the traditionally managed organization is winning limited employee acceptance at best.
23  I felt the pressure on me, winning was such a big deal for the whole family.
24  When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.
25  The crowd cheered the winning hit.
26  The Europeans had hoped to win, and, indeed, had looked like winning.
27  If he can't afford a good lawyer, he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the case.
28  Technology and good management:a winning combination.
29  She became an honorary member by dint of winning the championship.
30  He was on cloud nine after winning the competition.