WON in a Sentence

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For WON, below is one of 420 sentences:
His name is Rhett Butler and he's from Charleston and his folks are some of the nicest people there, but they won't even speak to him.

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 Meanings and Examples of WON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
won
 a.  not subject to defeat
 v.  (past tense) be successful or victorious
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "I guess I won't come up yet awhile," he said, turning as if to go back to the kitchen.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  And, anyway, the girls won't let her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  And I do not think she's been so much in love with him that she won't forget him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  Appearances were enough, for the appearances of ladyhood won her popularity and that was all she wanted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  "I won't think of that now," she said firmly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  There's no reason why things won't come out the way I want them--if he loves me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  "If you say one word to her before I'm dressed I won't eat a bite," said Scarlett coolly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  "Maybe there won't be any war," Mrs. Tarleton temporized, her mind diverted completely from the Wilkeses' odd marriage habits.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
10  And I won't be keeping you but one minute by the clock.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
11  "I won't," he finally managed to breathe, never dreaming that she was thinking he looked like a calf waiting for the butcher.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
12  His name is Rhett Butler and he's from Charleston and his folks are some of the nicest people there, but they won't even speak to him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  She dropped her eyes to her plate and nibbled daintily on a beaten biscuit with an elegance and an utter lack of appetite that would have won Mammy's approval.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  "Well, I won't be happy to have Scarlett for my sister, because she's a fast piece if ever I saw one," came the aggrieved voice of Hefty Tarleton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  I'm afraid there won't be much of a ball tonight, because the Troop is going to meet at Jonesboro.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I feel a bit fenced in at work because my boss won't let me apply for promotion.
17  On second thoughts, maybe I won't apply for the job after all.
18  I won't argue about the matter.
19  I won't stoop to argue with him.
20  It won't arrive today.
21  None so deaf as those that won't hear.
22  None so blind as those who won't see.
23  Every dog is valiant at his won door.
24  He says he has dropped out, and won't attend college any more.
25  She could at least have the good manners to let me know she won't be able to attend.
26  He won a head-to-head battle with NF leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.
27  The strikers may have won the battle, but they lost the war.
28  Our bus won't start because the battery is flat.
29  This suitcase won't lock because it is too full.
30  These two different materials won't bond together easily.