APE in a Sentence
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16 example sentences for APE, such as:
1. We watched two apes grooming each other.
2. The ugly apes sat upon the trees, and grinned.
3. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
4. An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
5. Drunkards had reeled by, cursing and chattering to themselves like monstrous apes.
2. The ugly apes sat upon the trees, and grinned.
3. The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
4. An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
5. Drunkards had reeled by, cursing and chattering to themselves like monstrous apes.
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Meanings and Examples of APE
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ape
v. imitate; mimic, as an ape imitates human actions
Classic Sentence:
1 If that black ape got her again, she would die before he even got his hands upon her.
2 Raoul was the small son of Maybelle and Rene Picard--a detestable little brat, Scarlett thought, more like an ape than a child.
3 Her face was puckered in the sad bewilderment of an old ape but there was determination in her jaw.
4 So saying he procured the plane; and with his old silk handkerchief first dusting the bench, vigorously set to planing away at my bed, the while grinning like an ape.
5 In an instant, without the least sound to warn us of his coming, the garden gate swung open, and a lithe, dark figure, as swift and active as an ape, rushed up the garden path.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX NAPOLEONS
6 I suppose you mean the barefooted children that are taught by a bloody ape like you.
7 Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense.
8 Drunkards had reeled by, cursing and chattering to themselves like monstrous apes.
9 The ugly apes sat upon the trees, and grinned.
10 It irritated her so much that during one formal call she aped Gerald's brogue to her aunt's distress.
Example Sentence:
1 She clutched him with such strength; she could wrestle an ape to the ground.
2 Amanda's mother learns that her daughter's strange pal is rumored to be half ape, "You can't have a monkey as your best friend.”
3 You would be suspended for a week, if you ape the principal in front of the whole school like Tom.
4 The higher the ape goes, the more he shows his tail.
5 An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
6 We watched two apes grooming each other.