CONSTRUCT in a Sentence
Learn CONSTRUCT 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.
128 example sentences for CONSTRUCT, such as:
1. The railway is still under construction.
2. There they construct a small royal cell.
3. The hotel is currently under construction.
4. The construction site was a hive of activity.
5. He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge.
2. There they construct a small royal cell.
3. The hotel is currently under construction.
4. The construction site was a hive of activity.
5. He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CONSTRUCT
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construct
n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
v. reassemble mentally
Classic Sentence: (84 in 6 pages)
1 However, since you absolutely wish to depart, I shall give orders to my engineers to construct a machine that will convey you very safely.
2 At once he gave directions that his engineers should construct a machine to hoist up these two extraordinary men out of the kingdom.
3 He approached the hut; its door consisted of a very low and narrow aperture, and it resembled those buildings which road-laborers construct for themselves along the roads.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
4 All these groups seem to the passing and thoughtful observer so many sombre hives where buzzing spirits construct in concert all sorts of dark edifices.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
5 Like wild birds, he had chosen this desert place to construct his nest.
6 With Cosette's garter, Homer would construct the Iliad.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
7 I quickly destroyed part of my sledge to construct oars, and by these means was enabled, with infinite fatigue, to move my ice raft in the direction of your ship.
8 "It would be a hard task, though, to construct a machine from your description, Anna Arkadyevna," Sviazhsky said jestingly.
9 Carol joined them; she ducked shrieking small boys, and helped babies construct sand-basins for unfortunate minnows.
10 On this hint, attempts have been made to construct elaborate migratory charts of the sperm whale.
11 The cannon were fired, and at night the patrol found him hidden under the keel of a vessel in process of construction; he resisted the galley guards who seized him.
12 The vessels in process of construction are under a bell-glass there, as it were.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
13 Beneath the social construction, that complicated marvel of a structure, there are excavations of all sorts.
14 There was no paper pasted on the wall, either on the side of the Jondrettes or on that of Marius; the coarse construction was visible in its nakedness.
15 Since they had arrived at Corinthe, and had begun the construction of the barricade, no attention had been paid to Father Mabeuf.
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1 Students need the ability to construct a logical argument.
2 There are plans to construct a new road bridge across the river.
3 There they construct a small royal cell.
4 The data will enable us to construct a profile of the firm's customers.
5 Though not a professional cartographer, Tolkien was able to construct a map of his fictional world.
6 In working out the solution to this logic puzzle, you may find it helpful to construct a simple schematic diagram outlining the order of events.
7 After all, perhaps there were different ways to construct machines that would have different properties.
8 The construction site was a hive of activity.
9 He'd already started construction on a hunting lodge.
10 It has a basic construction of brick under a tiled roof.
11 They had to battle through thick mud to reach construction workers.
12 The hotel is currently under construction.
13 The railway is still under construction.
14 He called for checks to discover whether corrupt officials are being bribed to connive in shoddy construction.
15 An economic boom followed, especially in housing and construction.