AID in a Sentence

Learn AID 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.
273 example sentences for AID, such as:
1. A video is a useful aid in the classroom.
2. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
3. We must go in different directions, seeking aid.
4. His hands held her like flowers, so still aid strange.
5. The aid allocation for Pakistan was still under review.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of AID
aid
 n.  money to support a worthy person or cause
 v.  give help or assistance; be of service
Classic Sentence: (197 in 14 pages)
1  It was, indeed, high time that someone capable of giving advice and help should come to the aid of the sturdy old farmer and his adopted daughter.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
2  We must go in different directions, seeking aid.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
3  "Never mind whom," answered Gurth, who had now got his herd before him, and, with the aid of Fangs, was driving them down one of the long dim vistas which we have endeavoured to describe.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Sir Prior," answered the Saxon, "wheresoever I have travelled in this land, I have hitherto found myself, with the assistance of my good sword and faithful followers, in no respect needful of other aid.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  Without the aid of our wealth, they could neither furnish forth their hosts in war, nor their triumphs in peace, and the gold which we lend them returns with increase to our coffers.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  The tumult was presently increased by the advance of the second rank on either side, which, acting as a reserve, now rushed on to aid their companions.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  Let him carry a written order to De Bracy's company of Free Companions, to repair instantly to their master's aid.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  I expect little aid from their hand," said Front-de-Boeuf, "unless we were to hurl them from the battlements on the heads of the villains.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
9  Front-de-Boeuf is dying too, so we shall receive no more aid from his bull's head and brutal strength.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  Follow me boldly across, and aid me to burst yon sallyport in the main wall of the castle.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  Amen," said the Grand Master, with solemnity, "but we must deserve his aid.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
12  It were deep pity," said Conrade Mont-Fitchet, "to lose to the Order one of its best lances, when the Holy Community most requires the aid of its sons.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
13  His hands held her like flowers, so still aid strange.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
14  I should like,' he said, 'to call in the aid of my friend Grimwig.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  When I yielded, I thought it was to duty, but no duty could be called in aid here.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1  The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to under developed nations.
2  Reputable charities spend the lion's share of donations on aid and a tiny fraction on administration.
3  The aid agency continues the battle against ignorance and superstition.
4  Attempts to get supplies to the region are futile because troops will not allow the aid convoy to enter the city.
5  Troops have been sent to protect aid workers against attack.
6  We're going to attend a formal dinner in aid of cancer research.
7  No legal aid was available to cover representation before tribunals.
8  There are many emergencies which need prompt first aid treatment.
9  The aid allocation for Pakistan was still under review.
10  A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
11  Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
12  A video is a useful aid in the classroom.
13  He claims that most Western aid to the Third World is just colonialism in disguise.
14  The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to concern Western aid agencies.
15  Western governments should be giving more aid to the emerging democracies of the Third World.