AGENCY in a Sentence
Learn AGENCY 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.
137 example sentences for AGENCY, such as:
1. She's signed on with a temp agency.
2. I went to an employment agency last week.
3. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
4. An agency has been opened at the following address.
5. The agency would collect and disseminate information.
2. I went to an employment agency last week.
3. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
4. An agency has been opened at the following address.
5. The agency would collect and disseminate information.
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Meanings and Examples of AGENCY
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agency
n. the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
n. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 The Commercial Club issued a booklet prepared by a great and expensive literary person from a Minneapolis advertising agency, a red-headed young man who smoked cigarettes in a long amber holder.
2 Suddenly bubbles seemed bursting beneath my closed eyes; like vices my hands grasped the shrouds; some invisible, gracious agency preserved me; with a shock I came back to life.
3 The wind that made great bellies of their sails, and rushed the vessel on by arms invisible as irresistible; this seemed the symbol of that unseen agency which so enslaved them to the race.
4 However implicit the faith of David was in the performance of ancient miracles, he eschewed the belief of any direct supernatural agency in the management of modern morality.
5 And I have the happiness to know, that several of those who came to Sabbath school learned how to read; and that one, at least, is now free through my agency.
6 He admitted that he could not defend himself against this agency.
7 Meanwhile, through the agency of Whymper, Napoleon was engaged in complicated negotiations with Frederick and Pilkington.
8 Here you are, Peterson, run down to the advertising agency and have this put in the evening papers.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
9 As to my own little practice, it seems to be degenerating into an agency for recovering lost lead pencils and giving advice to young ladies from boarding-schools.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
10 I had almost overcome my pride so far as to go back to the agency and inquire whether the place was still open when I received this letter from the gentleman himself.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
11 And always, apart from the hound, there is the fact of the human agency in London, the man in the cab, and the letter which warned Sir Henry against the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
12 I have already made some inquiries at a clerical agency, and they tell me that there WAS a man of that name in orders, whose career has been a singularly dark one.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
Context Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
13 Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.
14 It was the post of secretary of the committee of the amalgamated agency of the southern railways, and of certain banking companies.
15 In short, it would seem that no human agency could have approached such a man and gained his goodwill.
Example Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1 The duty of the agency is to act in the best interests of the child.
2 An agency has been opened at the following address.
3 She's signed on with a temp agency.
4 The agency will let you know if they have any suitable vacancies.
5 Anne chose an upmarket agency aimed at professional people.
6 The agency says international relief agencies also have pitched in.
7 The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
8 The agency was not accredited by the Philippine Consulate to offer contracts to Filipinos abroad.
9 I went to an employment agency last week.
10 The agency would collect and disseminate information.
11 The government instituted a consumer protection agency.
12 The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.
13 A correspondent for Reuters news agency says he saw a number of demonstrators being beaten.
14 They recommended the creation of a new government agency to be responsible for the environment.
15 The French news agency put out a statement from the Trade Minister.