DIP in a Sentence
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99 example sentences for DIP, such as:
1. Share prices have taken a slight dip.
2. He dipped deep into Western literature.
3. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
4. He dipped the brush into the thick white paint.
5. One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail.
2. He dipped deep into Western literature.
3. Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
4. He dipped the brush into the thick white paint.
5. One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DIP
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dip
v. place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
n. a brief swim in water
Classic Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1 Beyond the lily pool the ground sank again, and in that dip of the ground, bushes and brambles had mobbed themselves together.
2 So they would dip through the day and the long cold night.
3 Then, take this, and go as fast as you can, and dip me up the clearest you can find.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
4 She had come from the direction in which the plume of smoke indicated the position of Merripit House, but the dip of the moor had hid her until she was quite close.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
5 'All Moscow was burnt down, you know, by a farthing dip,' answered Bazarov.
6 Behind our position was a steep and deep dip, making it difficult for artillery and cavalry to retire.
7 His idea was, first, to concentrate all the artillery in the center, and secondly, to withdraw the cavalry to the other side of the dip.
8 The retirement of the center to the other side of the dip in the ground at the rear was hurried and noisy, but the different companies did not get mixed.
9 She moved forward a step or two and then paused again above the dip of the Corbury road.
10 "I'll have to hurry up to do it," Ethan mused, as the sleigh dropped down ahead of him over the dip of the school-house hill.
11 In the long try watches of the night it is a common thing for the seamen to dip their ship-biscuit into the huge oil-pots and let them fry there awhile.
12 He gave me a most tremendous dip and roll, so that the church jumped over its own weathercock.
13 Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents.
14 He saw birds come and dip their heads to drink in it and then flick their wings and fly away.
15 I must dip my hand again and again in the basin of blood and water, and wipe away the trickling gore.
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1 I'll allow the children to dip their bread into the soup.
2 Quickly dip the base in and out of cold water.
3 This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets.
4 One dip into the bottle should do an entire nail.
5 Put the food on the table so that everyone can dip in.
6 The company had to dip into a reserve fund to pay for all the new equipment.
7 Share prices have taken a slight dip.
8 I noticed little things, a dip of the head, a twitch in the shoulder.
9 It's the sort of book you can just dip into now and again.
10 Our properties dip towards the river, we lost them forever.
11 A quick dip in the pool could invigorate Meg, and with renewed energy she got back to work.
12 Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in.
13 He dipped deep into Western literature.
14 Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss.
15 He dipped the brush into the thick white paint.