ADVANCEMENT in a Sentence
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306 example sentences for ADVANCEMENT, such as:
1. He cared little for social advancement.
2. He who does not advance falls backward.
3. His advancement to major came two years ago.
4. The trip calls for careful advance planning.
5. She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera.
2. He who does not advance falls backward.
3. His advancement to major came two years ago.
4. The trip calls for careful advance planning.
5. She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera.
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Meanings and Examples of ADVANCEMENT
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advancement
n. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
n. encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He was too busy, too practical, and above all too much preoccupied with his own advancement, to indulge in such unprofitable asides.
2 Kennicott's land-deals were both financial advancement and favorite game.
3 The race regardless of advancement is penned into filthy, stifling partitions cut off from smoking cars.
4 He had met Montel, who was doing everything toward his advancement.
5 My lieutenant, for instance, is a man of wonderful courage and enterprise; he is madly desirous of glory, or rather, to word my phrase more characteristically, of advancement in his profession.
6 Their means were as different as their objects, and equally suited to the advancement of each.
7 Our difference of opinion amounts to this, that you make the mainspring self-interest, while I suppose that interest in the common weal is bound to exist in every man of a certain degree of advancement.
8 Human advancement is not a mere question of almsgiving, but rather of sympathy and cooperation among classes who would scorn charity.
9 Those who constantly direct attention to the Negro youth's moral weaknesses, and compare his advancement with that of white youths, do not consider the influence of the memories which cling about the old family homesteads.
10 He knew that the people in the North who gave money gave it for the purpose of helping the whole cause of Negro civilization, and not merely for the advancement of any one school.
11 Madeleine perceived the advancement which he had obtained, by the more numerous courtesies of the old women and the more plentiful smiles of the young ones.
12 Well, you have this excuse: advancement, the opening campaign, the opportunity which I offer you--so much for the world.
13 I don't believe in the world, not in money, nor in advancement, nor in the future of our civilization.
14 He foresaw so clearly the consequences of this imprudence that with considerable reluctance he decided to ask Andrew Hale for a small advance on his load.
15 The latter did not know how to begin, but at length he managed to bring out his request for an advance of fifty dollars.
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1 His advancement to major came two years ago.
2 None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement.
3 He cared little for social advancement.
4 Money thus facilitates trade and specialisation, two key conditions for the economic advancement of any society or nation.
5 John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on nepotism rather than ability.
6 Our greatest tool for advancement is also our greatest push towards downfall: intelligence.
7 It is wrong to assume that technological advance brings a higher quality of life.
8 She was hired to advance for a best-selling author.
9 I'd advise buying your tickets well in advance if you want to travel in August.
10 The trip calls for careful advance planning.
11 He who does not advance falls backward.
12 Because of the popularity of the region, it is advisable to book hotels or camp sites in advance.
13 She disengaged the film advance mechanism on the camera.
14 We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow.
15 That is a major advance in the concept of public service of which the Government are rightly proud.