MEASURES in a Sentence

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406 example sentences for MEASURES, such as:
1. He measures another's corn by his own bushel.
2. Congress passed a series of important measures.
3. The president candidate drooled the reform measures.
4. These measures are designed to deter an enemy attack.
5. The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of MEASURES
measures
 n.  (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
 n.  the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The Romans, accordingly, admiring the prudence and virtues of Numa, assented to all the measures which he recommended.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI.
2  Power was indeed given him to determine by himself what measures the exigency demanded; to do what he had to do without consultation; and to punish without appeal.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
3  For without the senate they could take no warlike measures, while by assembling the senate they seemed to put an end to their own authority.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XL.
4  For the hostile temper produced by these two causes is more to be feared than any beside, and demands measures of extreme severity to correct it.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LVII.
5  All which is implied first in the measures proposed by Camillus, and next in the resolutions passed on these proposals by the senate.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXIII.
6  For as men judge of things by their results, any evil which ensues from such measures will be imputed to their author.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXV.
7  In like manner, we read of many citizens who having strenuously promoted various measures were banished when these turned out badly.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXV.
8  And thus it is necessary to take such measures that, when they believe no longer, it may be possible to make them believe by force.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQU...
9  Fourthly, by acquiring so much power before the Pope should die that he could by his own measures resist the first shock.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
10  Now, whenever I hear any one advocating measures that are meant to curtail the development of another, I pity the individual who would do this.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIII.
11  He entered attentively into all my arguments in favour of my eventual success and into every minute detail of the measures I had taken to secure it.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
12  Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months before my father discovered his abode.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
13  After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
14  She was not doomed, however, to be long in ignorance of his measures.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47
15  These vigorous measures struck such terror to the breast of Mrs. Crupp, that she subsided into her own kitchen, under the impression that my aunt was mad.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37. A LITTLE COLD WATER
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1  These measures will increase the club's ability to generate revenue/income.
2  The spokesman stressed that the measures did not amount to an overall ban.
3  The government said it will announce measures in the next three months aimed at boosting investment in stocks.
4  He measures another's corn by his own bushel.
5  Critics of government policy argue that the new measures introduced to fight crime are simply papering over the cracks.
6  These measures are designed to deter an enemy attack.
7  These measures will perpetuate the hostility between the two groups.
8  Stringent measures were introduced so that the government could balance its budget/the economy.
9  The president candidate drooled the reform measures.
10  Teachers have no choice but to take measures to protect themselves.
11  The government has taken these measures in an attempt to de-escalate the conflict.
12  The gun control measures narrowly squeaked through Congress.
13  Congress passed a series of important measures.
14  The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble.
15  The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.