DASH in a Sentence
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181 example sentences for DASH, such as:
1. He dashed his head against the wall.
2. We dashed off a letter to announce the news.
3. He dashed off to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.
4. In my fury, I dash all the dishes to the floor.
5. sound, but the dash of fountains or the rustle of.
2. We dashed off a letter to announce the news.
3. He dashed off to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.
4. In my fury, I dash all the dishes to the floor.
5. sound, but the dash of fountains or the rustle of.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DASH
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dash
v. add an enlivening or altering element to
v. cause to lose courage
Classic Sentence: (168 in 12 pages)
1 The dash was more fear-inspiring than any threat could have been.
2 The dogs had suddenly caught sight of them, and it was only by a swift dash for their holes that the rats saved their lives.
3 The brilliant lights and sooty shades which struggled upon the skin and clothes of the persons standing round caused their lineaments and general contours to be drawn with Dureresque vigour and dash.
4 But when aroused she would make a dash which, just for the time, was not unlike the move of a naturally lively person.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
5 Misfortune had struck them gracefully, cutting off their erratic histories with a catastrophic dash, instead of, as with many, attenuating each life to an uninteresting meagreness, through long years of wrinkles, neglect, and decay.
6 So wily was he that he had not trusted himself upon foot, but he had availed himself of a cab so that he could loiter behind or dash past them and so escape their notice.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
7 Any instant he might dash out the light and vanish in the darkness.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
Context Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
8 From every gesture and expression I could see that he was a reserved, self-contained man, with a dash of pride in his nature, more likely to hide his wounds than to expose them.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
9 But, first, as I am rather shaken by the knocking about which I had in the dressing-room, I think that I shall help myself to a dash of your brandy, Colonel.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
Context Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
10 Have your fare ready, and the instant that your cab stops, dash through the Arcade, timing yourself to reach the other side at a quarter-past nine.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
Context Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
11 sound, but the dash of fountains or the rustle of.
12 If you could understand and talk, you would tell me where the wretch is hiding, and I would dash his brains upon the ground till they flew all over the cave.
13 Catherine had risen with an impulse to dash out, when she saw him.
14 I confess I was often tempted, while they were passing backwards and forwards on my body, to seize forty or fifty of the first that came in my reach, and dash them against the ground.
15 A damp streak of hair lay like a dash of blue paint across her cheek and her hand was wet with glistening drops as I took it to help her from the car.
Example Sentence:
1 He jumped off the bus and made a dash for the nearest bar.
2 Anyway, I must dash - I said I'd meet Daniel at eight.
3 He brought youthful energy, dash and charisma to the department.
4 In my fury, I dash all the dishes to the floor.
5 The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.
6 We dashed off a letter to announce the news.
7 He dashed his head against the wall.
8 She dashed the glass into smithereens against the wall.
9 They began running again, broke cover and dashed towards the road.
10 The door flew open and in dashed a gentleman with a serviette round his neck.
11 Miss dashed off into a fine record with the youth about love and hurt.
12 When he heard the bugle call, he caught up his gun and dashed out.
13 He dashed off to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.