COMMENT in a Sentence

Learn COMMENT 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.
193 example sentences for COMMENT, such as:
1. Miss Haines offered no comment.
2. He refused to comment after the trial.
3. I perceived his comment as a challenge.
4. The director was not available for comment.
5. I feel unqualified to comment on the subject.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of COMMENT
comment
 n.  a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
 v.  provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
Classic Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1  She looked as if she expected some comment from Scarlett but the words had made little sense to her and she could think of nothing to say.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
2  Even had she not known it, Rhett's comment on the subject had been frank enough.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
3  Mrs. Fisher lived in an East side street near the Park, and as the two men walked down Fifth Avenue the new architectural developments of that versatile thoroughfare invited Van Alstyne's comment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
4  I have no claim to know them," Selden answered, ignoring her tone; "no claim to offer any comment or suggestion beyond the one I have already made.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
5  Miss Haines offered no comment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
6  The clerk had read the prescription without comment; but in the act of handing out the bottle he paused.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
7  "Gimme the butter, Carrie," was Kennicott's comment.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  That evening Kennicott gave her, without comment, an envelope.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
9  Her new clothes were the subject of caustic comment.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
10  Any one may possess the portrait of a tragedian without exciting suspicion or comment.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
11  She placed it in Edna's hands, and without further comment arose and went to the piano.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
12  As the rights of hospitality were, however, considered sacred among them, this little departure from the dignity of manhood excited no audible comment.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
13  The sergeant, taking note of this, gave pause to his elaborate history while he administered a sardonic comment.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
14  He had been slow in the act of producing the packet because during it he had been trying to invent a remarkable comment on the affair.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
15  He desired to say, "All quiet on the Rappahannock," but the guns refused to permit even a comment upon their uproar.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (87 in 6 pages)
1  The comment only slammed but had no analysis at all.
2  Grimes is out on bail and his attorney, Martin Goldberg, declined to comment Wednesday.
3  BReid, who is a former deputy district attorney, did not return a phone call seeking comment.
4  Neither Mr Rose nor Mr Woodhead was available for comment yesterday.
5  The director was not available for comment.
6  He refused to comment after the trial.
7  I perceived his comment as a challenge.
8  Everyone will have an opportunity to comment.
9  I feel unqualified to comment on the subject.
10  The minister refused to comment on individual cases.
11  He refused to comment before he had seen all the relevant information.
12  The matter is the subject of a police investigation, and we have been advised not to comment.
13  The blunt comment made Richard laugh in spite of himself.
14  They refused to comment on the existence or non-existence of a waiting list.
15  It was just a casual comment, I didn't mean it to be taken so seriously.