ITEM in a Sentence

Learn ITEM 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.
130 example sentences for ITEM, such as:
1. Holmes grinned at the last item.
2. This clock is a collector's item.
3. Each individual item has a number.
4. Fashion editors drooled over every item.
5. Let's skip to the last item on the agenda.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ITEM
item
 n.  an individual instance of a type of symbol
 ad.  (used when listing or enumerating items) also
Classic Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  When she encountered an item about small-town women's clubs or a photograph of a straggling Main Street, she was homesick for it, she felt robbed of her work.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  The final item was a man who neither lectured, inspired, nor entertained; a plain little man with his hands in his pockets.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  There is another little item about Gamming which must not be forgotten here.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
4  Now set aside the modern system of pneumatic house-cleaning, and the economies of co-operative cooking; and consider one single item, the washing of dishes.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
5  My servants were my father's, and, what is more, my mother's; and now they are mine, they and their increase, which bids fair to be a pretty considerable item.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  In this matter dates are everything, and I think that if we get all our material ready, and have every item put in chronological order, we shall have done much.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  Mr. Bell, the first item, stood ready with his music but the accompanist made no sign.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
8  But Kathleen gathered in her skirt and said: "Now, Mr. Bell," to the first item, who was shaking like an aspen.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
9  The first part of the concert was very successful except for Madam Glynn's item.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
10  He could trace its shadow in the gloom, supply the smallest item of the outline, and note how stiff and solemn it seemed to stalk along.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
11  Holmes grinned at the last item.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
12  Another item had been added to that constant and apparently purposeless series of small mysteries which had succeeded each other so rapidly.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
13  He was reluctant to close the book, reading each item aloud and then looking eagerly at me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
14  In short, every possible item of evidence was exhumed, and the whole of his previous history investigated.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
15  To be strong-minded is an important item.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—THE GAMIN SHOULD HAVE HIS PLACE IN THE CLASSI...
Example Sentence: (104 in 7 pages)
1  I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.
2  He opened the cardboard box and took out each item.
3  You should check each item off as she dictates the list.
4  Check your input and make sure you have selected only one item.
5  The computer was my largest single item of expenditure.
6  Each individual item has a number.
7  There was an interesting item in the newspaper today.
8  Fashion editors drooled over every item.
9  We should go on to the next item for time is short.
10  If the item is not satisfactory, you will get your money back.
11  A piano is a very unwieldy item to get down a flight of stairs.
12  The most valuable item on show will be a Picasso drawing.
13  This clock is a collector's item.
14  A windproof jacket is an essential item of clothing for hillwalking.
15  Let's skip to the last item on the agenda.