BOOT in a Sentence

Learn BOOT 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.
238 example sentences for BOOT, such as:
1. The new model has a bigger boot.
2. I helped him pull his boots off.
3. The meat was as tough as old boots.
4. The old boot appeared on the shingle.
5. He held an old black boot in the air.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of BOOT
boot
 n.  an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
 n.  footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He struck a match on his boot and held it up against the wall.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  The old boot appeared on the shingle.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
3  He was bent over, lacing his boot, and did not reply.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
4  To a walker practised in such places a difference between impact on maiden herbage, and on the crippled stalks of a slight footway, is perceptible through the thickest boot or shoe.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
5  He struck his boot upon the ground, so that the guineas chinked within.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
6  He thrust his hand into the boot and withdrew one of poor Thomasin's precious guineas, piping hot.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 7 The Morning and the Evening of a Day
7  I had just finished my tea when he returned, evidently in excellent spirits, swinging an old elastic-sided boot in his hand.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
8  His face was flushed with anger, and he held an old and dusty boot in one of his hands.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
9  By thunder, if that chap can't find my missing boot there will be trouble.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
10  We had risen to depart when Baskerville gave a cry, of triumph, and diving into one of the corners of the room he drew a brown boot from under a cabinet.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
11  Far away came the sharp clink of a boot striking upon a stone.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
12  He held an old black boot in the air.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
13  By chance, however, the first boot which was procured for him was a new one and, therefore, useless for his purpose.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
14  And, sure enough, after his head had been bumped a few more times against the boot of the conveyance, Chichikov found himself bowling over softer ground.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
15  Bazarov drew a line on the ground with the toe of his boot.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  Instead of catching fish,all he fished out was an old boot.
2  The new model has a bigger boot.
3  I scuffed the heel of my boot on the step.
4  He dug his finest dagger from the drawer of his desk, and tucked it inside his boot.
5  There was a cross in the left boot heel made with big nails, to keep off the devil.
6  When you boot up, you see the tiles-based Windows 8 UI. It began life on Windows Phone 7, and is very touch-friendly.
7  The meat was as tough as old boots.
8  When setting out on a long walk, always wear suitable boots.
9  Ploughing through the deep snow in my high boots,I finally reached the farmhouse.
10  Her boots were muddy and her hair was dripping.
11  He was clumping about the kitchen in heavy boots.
12  I helped him pull his boots off.
13  His boots and purple beret identify him as commanding the Scottish Paratroops.
14  Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his boots.
15  Wait a minute, I want to shake some of this water out of my boots.