IMPORTANCE in a Sentence

Learn IMPORTANCE 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.
305 example sentences for IMPORTANCE, such as:
1. The fur trade now exceeded timber in importance.
2. These issues now assume even greater importance.
3. The care of the environment is of prime importance.
4. This distinction is of absolutely central importance.
5. He did not understand the importance of this question.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of IMPORTANCE
importance
 n.  a prominent status
 n.  the quality of being important and worthy of note
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  All this seems strange to you," continued Holmes, "because you failed at the beginning of the inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clue which was presented to you.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  The importance of keeping the pigs in good health was all too obvious.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  This was of the highest importance for the welfare of the farm, Squealer said.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
4  The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance; and an appeal so worded could not be set aside without a grave responsibility.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
5  I assure you I attach not the least importance to any opinions.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
6  Their numbers amounted to ten men, of whom the two who rode foremost seemed to be persons of considerable importance, and the others their attendants.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  Silk and embroidery distinguished their dresses, and marked the wealth and importance of their master; forming, at the same time, a striking contrast with the martial simplicity of his own attire.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  This he spoke with a tone of conscious importance, which formed a strong contrast to the modest terms which he thought it proper to employ.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  The summons, however, seemed of importance, for a considerable degree of bustle instantly took place in the castle.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  Well aware of the importance of taking the foe by surprise, the Black Knight, closely followed by Cedric, threw himself upon the bridge, and reached the opposite side.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  His importance as son of Sir Geoffrey, and child of Wragby, was so ingrained in him, he could never escape it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
12  And here lies the vast importance of the novel, properly handled.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  His chair came puffing along with a sort of valetudinarian slow importance.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
14  But you still have to convince me of the importance of the change.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
15  The first event of any importance in the family was the death of Mr. Norris, which happened when Fanny was about fifteen, and necessarily introduced alterations and novelties.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1  He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him.
2  Mr Bush did not appear fully aware of the importance of this act.
3  These relationships assume great importance in times of crisis.
4  These issues now assume even greater importance.
5  The trivial upsets of daily living assume importance but the big tragedies they take in their stride.
6  Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.
7  His speech emphasized the importance of attracting industry to the town.
8  The fur trade now exceeded timber in importance.
9  Her health is what matters - the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance.
10  A lot of Latin-American officials are stressing the symbolic importance of the trip.
11  He did not understand the importance of this question.
12  The railways were of crucial importance in opening up the American West.
13  In Western eyes, Iraq is a major power in an area of great strategic importance.
14  The care of the environment is of prime importance.
15  This distinction is of absolutely central importance.