ANTENNA in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for ANTENNA, such as:
1. Sometimes a creature uses a pair of antennae to swim.
2. Our TV receives well since we had a new antenna put on.
3. No antenna, no radio, we're back in the nineteenth century!
4. You should fix the television antenna before receiving programs.
5. He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ANTENNA
antenna
 n.  an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
 n.  sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
Classic Sentence:
1  With a frightful qualm, I turned, and I saw that I had grasped the antenna of another monster crab that stood just behind me.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XI
2  It has eleven claws of iron with which to seize the granite on the bottom of the sea, and more wings and more antennae than winged insects, to catch the wind in the clouds.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
3  The handle of a hammer, the blade of a cold chisel, and the antennae of a pair of pincers were visible, protruding from the man's pocket.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
4  Within the bosom of the earth, it is a sort of mysterious polyp with a thousand antennae, which expands below as the city expands above.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS
5  He missed it, fell back, and sat with his head sunk between his long legs, his antennae quivering, as if he were waiting for something to come and finish him.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
6  He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennae of an insect.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
7  He pushed himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily with his antennae - of which he was now beginning to learn the value - in order to see what had been happening there.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In II
Example Sentence:
1  You should fix the television antenna before receiving programs.
2  No antenna, no radio, we're back in the nineteenth century!
3  Our TV receives well since we had a new antenna put on.
4  Sometimes a creature uses a pair of antennae to swim.
5  The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (Askap) in Western Australia's outback has 36 antennas with a diameter of 12m (40ft) each.