WORTHLESS in a Sentence

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"Free darkies are certainly worthless," Scarlett agreed, completely ignoring his hint that she should sell.

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 Meanings and Examples of WORTHLESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
worthless
 a.  lacking in usefulness or value
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  Our cotton is worthless and what he called arrogance is all that is left.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  People frenziedly bought these luxuries with the money they had today, fearing that tomorrow's prices would be higher and the money worthless.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  Prissy was off with a clatter and Scarlett watched her hurrying down the street, going faster than she had ever dreamed the worthless child could move.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
4  For their slaves were gone, their money was worthless, Sally's husband, Joe, had died at Gettysburg and Young Miss was also a widow, for young Dr. Fontaine had died of dysentery at Vicksburg.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  Pork had been almost worthless since the trip, so proud was he of returning safely with his wagon-load of dress goods, seed, fowls, hams, side meat and meal.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
6  "Free darkies are certainly worthless," Scarlett agreed, completely ignoring his hint that she should sell.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  She has spoiled him into the worthless creature he is.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVI
8  To a musket that broke in a crisis he always attributed the death of his only brother, and upon worthless blankets he blamed all the agonies of his own old age.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
9  Partial relatives have almost persuaded me that I am not entirely worthless in a duet myself; and we may enliven our wayfaring by indulging in our favorite pursuit.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
10  With the worthless parasitical human beings gone, there was more for everyone to eat.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
11  Everything being hollow and worthless, she had missed nothing and sacrificed nothing.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
12  They, were quite worthless to me.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
13  The objects he had lately pursued, turned worthless beside her; such success as was almost in his grasp, he flung away from him like the dirt it was, compared with her.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
14  Local aid is always either worthless or else biassed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
15  I have already explained that the testimony of the postmaster shows that the test was worthless and that we have no proof one way or the other.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Example Sentence:
1  Nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worthless young man.
2  In this country, religious leaders have repeatedly lashed out against movies, music, and television shows which they call immoral and worthless.
3  Chad's worthless remarks annoy us.; Chad's chaffing keeps us laughing.
4  These contradictions made his evidence worthless.
5  The guarantee could be worthless if the firm goes out of business.
6  He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.