MASTER in a Sentence

Learn MASTER 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.
277 example sentences for MASTER, such as:
1. He that has a wife has a master.
2. Better master one than engage with ten.
3. A Jack of all trades and master of none.
4. Where might is master, justice is servant.
5. Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of MASTER
master
 n.  a person who has general authority over others
 v.  get on top of; deal with successfully
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The knight agreed to try, and got on slowly but surely, for the colt was a gallant fellow, and soon learned to love his new master, though he was freakish and wild.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
2  Baron Rothschild's private secretary, a large-nosed Jew in tight boots, affably beamed upon the world, as if his master's name crowned him with a golden halo.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
3  Everybody's health was proposed, from Mr. Laurence, who was considered their special patron, to the astonished guinea pig, who had strayed from its proper sphere in search of its young master.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
4  Every one in that country, whether master or man, has plenty of cheese, meat, and good milk, for the ewes yield all the year round.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
5  They have no laws nor assemblies of the people, but live in caves on the tops of high mountains; each is lord and master in his family, and they take no account of their neighbours.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
6  My friend," replied Ulysses, "you are very positive, and very hard of belief about your master's coming home again, nevertheless I will not merely say, but will swear, that he is coming.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIV
7  Do not keep on reminding me of all this; it always pains me when any one speaks about my honoured master.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIV
8  But the swineherd did not like sleeping away from his pigs, so he got ready to go outside, and Ulysses was glad to see that he looked after his property during his master's absence.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIV
9  Eumaeus sprang to his feet, and the bowls in which he was mixing wine fell from his hands, as he made towards his master.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
10  I am too old to care about remaining here at the beck and call of a master.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
11  With this he left them to come on at their leisure, while he went quickly forward and soon reached the house of his master.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
12  As soon as he saw Ulysses standing there, he dropped his ears and wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
13  But now he has fallen on evil times, for his master is dead and gone, and the women take no care of him.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
14  As he spoke he went inside the buildings to the cloister where the suitors were, but Argos died as soon as he had recognised his master.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVII
15  And indeed as soon as she began washing her master, she at once knew the scar as one that had been given him by a wild boar when he was hunting on Mt.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
Example Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  A servant is known by his master's absence.
2  A Jack of all trades and master of none.
3  Oliver went up to the master, with his bowl in his hand.
4  The teacher told his students to answer up when the master came.
5  Ever since their argument, the master has been making it hot for the young teacher.
6  Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
7  He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
8  The cruel master beat his slaves mercilessly with a whip.
9  With careful training, a dog will obey its master completely.
10  Where might is master, justice is servant.
11  He that has a wife has a master.
12  Better master one than engage with ten.
13  Pride never left his master without a fall.
14  She was in graduate school, studying for a master's degree in social work.
15  He took a master's degree in economics at Yale.