LEAN in a Sentence
Learn LEAN 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.
255 example sentences for LEAN, such as:
1. He leaned his back against the wall.
2. He leaned closer, lowering his voice.
3. Just lean forward for a moment, please.
4. The little girls lean on their teacher for help.
5. Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited.
2. He leaned closer, lowering his voice.
3. Just lean forward for a moment, please.
4. The little girls lean on their teacher for help.
5. Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LEAN
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lean
v. to incline or bend from a vertical position
a. containing little excess
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Such a glowing morning usually called Scarlett to the window, to lean arms on the broad sill and drink in the scents and sounds of Tara.
2 She saw the doctor lean down from the platform and whisper something to Rhett Butler.
3 And then the picture faded, blotted out by an impulse, hard, unscrupulous and greedy, which had been born in the lean days at Tara and was now strengthened by the present uncertainty of life.
4 The swamp men were lean bearded giants in homespun, coon-skin caps on their heads, their rifles easy in the crooks of their arms, their wads of tobacco stilled in their cheeks.
5 India was on her feet, her lean body quivering with insult.
6 Scarlett and Pitty, startled and bewildered, looked at each other in wonderment and, like a lean old cat, India streaked across the room to Melanie's side.
7 She was roused by a chuckle which Mr. Dorset seemed to eject from the depths of his lean throat.
8 Even the immediate one of letting Trenor, as they drove homeward, lean a little nearer and rest his hand reassuringly on hers, cost her only a momentary shiver of reluctance.
9 He stood still, dragging at his moustache with a lean weak hand.
10 The very slowness and hesitancy of the effect increased its fascination: it was delicious to lean over and look down into the dim abysses of unconsciousness.
11 It was a tall lean shabby structure, three stories of yellow-streaked wood, the corners covered with sanded pine slabs purporting to symbolize stone.
12 She was the more absurd to herself in that, after the rite of dining alone, she could go out to the kitchen, lean against the sink, and talk to them.
13 It became difficult for her to move about, and she raged that she, who had been slim and light-footed, should have to lean on a stick, and be heartily commented upon by street gossips.
14 The landlord chuckled again with his lean chuckle, and seemed to be mightily tickled at something beyond my comprehension.
15 And here was Flask now standing, Daggoo with one lifted arm furnishing him with a breastband to lean against and steady himself by.
Example Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1 Most scientists would probably lean toward this viewpoint.
2 It has been a particularly lean year for the education department.
3 From your parents you lean love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other.
4 If you lean too far towards the water, you might fall in.
5 Just lean forward for a moment, please.
6 A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning un-necessary.
7 His wife was a source of constant support during the lean years.
8 Obese people tend to have higher blood pressure than lean people.
9 I won't mince the lean meat finely unless making dumplings.
10 The little girls lean on their teacher for help.
11 Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited.
12 The mayor leaned over backward to avoid the appearance of nepotism.
13 The apple tree leaned to the field, dropping its flowers on the grass.
14 He leaned closer, lowering his voice.
15 He leaned his back against the wall.