ACTUAL in a Sentence
Learn ACTUAL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
383 example sentences for ACTUAL, such as:
1. But there was no touch, no actual contact.
2. We scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.
3. But the actual thing itself is nothing to them, a bit distasteful.
4. 'I don't see a bit of connexion with the actual violets,' she said.
5. All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services.
2. We scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.
3. But the actual thing itself is nothing to them, a bit distasteful.
4. 'I don't see a bit of connexion with the actual violets,' she said.
5. All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services.
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Meanings and Examples of ACTUAL
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actual
a. existing in act or fact
a. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 There is, I think, no chance that they will proceed to any actual violence against their prisoners.
2 In the actual sex-thrill within the body, the sisters nearly succumbed to the strange male power.
3 He was not in actual touch with anybody, save, traditionally, with Wragby, and, through the close bond of family defence, with Emma.
4 But there was no touch, no actual contact.
5 'I don't see a bit of connexion with the actual violets,' she said.
6 But the actual thing itself is nothing to them, a bit distasteful.
7 Their actual speed, heightened by some dread of the conclusion, made the road appear but half as long as on the day before.
8 This was not the repose of actual stagnation, but the apparent repose of incredible slowness.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
9 Although from the vale it appeared but as a wart on an Atlantean brow, its actual bulk was great.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
10 Its nearness was such that, notwithstanding its actual smallness, its glow infinitely transcended theirs.
11 The heather and peat stratum overhung the brow of the pit in mats, hiding the actual verge.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
12 On such occasions as this a thousand ideas pass through a highly charged woman's head; and they indicate themselves on her face; but the changes, though actual, are minute.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
13 But Thomasin's imagination being so actively engaged elsewhere, the night and the weather had for her no terror beyond that of their actual discomfort and difficulty.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
14 The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
15 I told some of you last Thursday of the principles of the Time Machine, and showed you the actual thing itself, incomplete in the workshop.
Example Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1 When it comes to weddings, the protocol is actual similar to other churches.
2 It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of the riots because of the way some reporters distort and exaggerate the actual events.
3 He has actual professional qualifications in ecology and conservation.
4 The legends embed actual historical figures like King Alfred in tales.
5 We scale the model to be one tenth of actual size.
6 The photos are worth a thousand words although the actual wording is short and meaningful.
7 Jack had a bluff and hearty manner that belied his actual sensitivity; he never let people know how thin-skinned he really was.
8 All salaries are reckoned on contingent as well as on actual services.
9 Many people have little actual experience in real estate, or real estate investing, and the best tool they can hone is the ability to research real estate properties.
10 I was engaging in justifiable self-defense or resisting an actual unlawful arrest.
11 And then there are other chances in life far more thrilling and rapture-giving: an affair of the actual world, nothing ideal about it: all its associations are solid and sober, and its manifestations are the same.
12 And the defense secretary retraced what he called the actual history of how the U.S. got involved in Iraq.
13 My family is expecting that someday I would give up my dreams of living a life of escapist fantasy in exchange for a more actual career as a doctor or lawyer.
14 But the complex agreement involves an increase in formal output quotas in an attempt to bring actual production in line with what they have agreed.
15 Where we are fortunate is to be dependent on actual imports of oil only to a limited degree, unlike Japan and some European states.