WROTE in a Sentence

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For WROTE, below is one of 287 sentences:
Once I wrote down on the empty spaces of a time-table the names of those who came to Gatsby's house that summer.

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 Meanings and Examples of WROTE
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wrote
 v.  (past tense) compose; mark letters, words, or other symbols on a surface
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I wrote, and this exertion greatly fatigued me; but my convalescence had commenced, and proceeded regularly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  I instantly wrote to Geneva; nearly two months have elapsed since the departure of my letter.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
3  In this state of mind I wrote to Elizabeth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
4  Once I wrote down on the empty spaces of a time-table the names of those who came to Gatsby's house that summer.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
5  That request seemed superfluous when I wrote it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  Nothing occurred during the next three or four days, to make Elinor regret what she had done, in applying to her mother; for Willoughby neither came nor wrote.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
7  Your sister wrote to me again, you know, the very next morning.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44
8  I wrote to him, my love, last week, and rather expect to see, than to hear from him again.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48
9  This was all the preparation I received for that visit, or for others like it; Miss Havisham never wrote to me, nor had I ever so much as seen her handwriting.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVIII
10  "I gave Magwitch that caution," said Mr. Jaggers, looking hard at me; "I wrote it to New South Wales."
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
11  I wrote it before I went to bed, and went out and posted it; and again no one was near me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVII
12  While that was in course of being done, I looked on at Wemmick as he wrote, and Mr. Jaggers, poising and swaying himself on his well-polished boots, looked on at me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LI
13  But she had wrote out a little coddleshell in her own hand a day or two afore the accident, leaving a cool four thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVII
14  He not only brought it immediately, but was good enough to look over me while I wrote the letter.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
15  On my being settled at Doctor Strong's I wrote to her again, detailing my happy condition and prospects.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
Example Sentence: (77 in 6 pages)
16  I believe in the fairy story u wrote for me, and myself becomes the faint flower in the story.
17  The teacher wrote the answers on the board.
18  He was an active if conventional soldier and citizen; and from early manhood he wrote plays.
19  Marx wrote about the political struggles of the working class.
20  Jean wrote a letter to the paper in Angela's defense.
21  I wrote explaining the issues in great detail.
22  Judy wrote a dozen applications for jobs but got nothing.
23  The unemployed engineer wrote a dozen applications for jobs but got nothing.
24  She wrote an essay on My Family.
25  I wrote feature stories, in addition to editorials.
26  She wrote poems in praise of freedom.
27  I wrote a letter regarding the future of reform.
28  I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.
29  The first letter she wrote me was less than a page long, and her second letter was similarly brief.
30  He wrote a letter of acceptance to the university.