DISPLAY in a Sentence

Learn DISPLAY 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.
219 example sentences for DISPLAY, such as:
1. Her boss did not display any human traits.
2. A new kind of car was on display in the shop.
3. The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art.
4. The display of fireworks on New Year's Eve is a fine spectacle.
5. Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DISPLAY
display
 n.  behavior that makes your feelings public
 n.  an electronic device that represents information in visual form
Classic Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
1  As they progressed down the street, through the sucking mud, Scarlett bubbled over with questions and Peter answered them, pointing here and there with his whip, proud to display his knowledge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  She busied herself arranging the articles in the booth in more attractive display, while Scarlett sat and looked glumly around the room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  "I think you are a liar," said Melanie with a faint smile and the first sign of spirit Scarlett had ever seen her display with a man.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
4  She did not want to display her condition in this poorly fitting black dress which accentuated rather than hid her figure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
5  She did not hesitate to display arrogance to her new Republican and Scallawag friends but to no class was she ruder or more insolent than the Yankee officers of the garrison and their families.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
6  It was all very well for a man to love his child but she felt there was something unmanly in the display of such love.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
7  Bonnie, who had watched from the window impatiently all afternoon, anxious to display a mangled collection of beetles and roaches to her father, had finally been put to bed by Lou, amid wails and protests.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
8  Mere display left her with a sense of superior distinction; but she felt an affinity to all the subtler manifestations of wealth.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
9  In the display window, black, overripe bananas and lettuce on which a cat was sleeping.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
10  They went together, picking their way across muddy streets and sidewalks encumbered with the cheap display of small tradesmen.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXXIII
11  There was at first a fierce and manifest display of joy, and then it was instantly subdued in a look of cunning coldness.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
12  It was understood, among all who came, that there must be as little display about it as possible.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  The face of a youthful rider, who was jerking his frantic horse with an abandon of temper he might display in a placid barnyard, was impressed deeply upon his mind.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  Since the youth's arrival as a guardian for his friend, the other wounded men had ceased to display much interest.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
15  A knowledge of its faded and jaded condition made the charge appear like a paroxysm, a display of the strength that comes before a final feebleness.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.
2  Her boss did not display any human traits.
3  The display juxtaposed images from serious and popular art.
4  A new kind of car was on display in the shop.
5  Members of the community closed ranks in an impressive display of unity.
6  A throng of shoppers pushed against one another to the display tables of the department store.
7  Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something.
8  They display chocolates next to supermarket checkouts to encourage impulse buying.
9  The display of fireworks on New Year's Eve is a fine spectacle.
10  The photos, which include some mildly titillating semi-nude shots of the actress, will be on display for a week.
11  The locomotive is normally kept on static display in the National Railway Museum.
12  The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work.
13  BOINC provides web - based interfaces for account creation , preference editing and participant status display.
14  His performance is described in the paper as 'a breathtaking display of physical agility'.
15  Market traders display an exotic selection of the island's produce.