ARGUMENT in a Sentence
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311 example sentences for ARGUMENT, such as:
1. She loves to win an argument.
2. A wager is a fool's argument.
3. Never go to bed on an argument.
4. I found his argument pretty convincing.
5. They brought up every possible argument.
2. A wager is a fool's argument.
3. Never go to bed on an argument.
4. I found his argument pretty convincing.
5. They brought up every possible argument.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ARGUMENT
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argument
n. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
n. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
Classic Sentence: (160 in 11 pages)
1 Ethan felt that if he had pleaded an urgent need Hale might have made shift to pay him; but pride, and an instinctive prudence, kept him from resorting to this argument.
2 Mammy had her there and there was no argument.
3 Standing some little distance away from the barbecue tables, he was at the peak of an argument with John Wilkes.
4 To her, there was never but one fair side to an argument.
5 They brought up every possible argument.
6 With a feeling of exasperation she saw that he was in an argument and probably had not even noticed her.
7 And upon learning the cause of the upset, he settled the matter with words that left no room for argument.
8 "I'll make a hant out of you if you don't get out of this wagon," said Scarlett, who was in no mood for argument, as she climbed lamely down to the ground.
9 Will, who had been enticing little Beau across the blanket with the bill during this argument, looked up and, shading his eyes, glanced down the driveway.
10 There was a short mumbled argument, punctuated with curses, and uncertain feet ascended the stairs.
11 Some of 'em have long hair, and they start an argument with the soup, and don't notice when things are handed to them.'
12 Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.
13 The invariable moisture of my hair, while plunged in deep thought, after six cups of hot tea in my thin shingled attic, of an August noon; this seems an additional argument for the above supposition.
14 And by the soundest commentators this has ever been held a cogent argument in such matters.
15 It smells like the left wing of the day of judgment; it is an argument for the pit.
Example Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1 Students need the ability to construct a logical argument.
2 I was floored by his argument and had to admit defeat.
3 Never go to bed on an argument.
4 A wager is a fool's argument.
5 I found his argument pretty convincing.
6 He found himself drawn, willy-nilly, into the argument.
7 She rightly points to the inadequacy of the argument.
8 He enforced his argument by adding details.
9 The argument seemed to have considerable merit.
10 We had an argument with the waiter about the bill.
11 She loves to win an argument.
12 This chapter contains the meat of the writer's argument.
13 You can't settle every argument by duking it out.
14 You must acknowledge the truth of her argument.
15 The brunt of her argument was directed at the trade union leader.