MENTAL in a Sentence

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215 example sentences for MENTAL, such as:
1. He got the answer by mental arithmetic.
2. Two years ago he suffered a mental breakdown.
3. You need to develop a positive mental attitude.
4. This experience caused him much mental suffering.
5. The term 'mental illness' is difficult to define.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of MENTAL
mental
 a.  of or relating to the mind
 a.  of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
Classic Sentence: (152 in 11 pages)
1  Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the enquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  When I looked at him he had finished reading the note, and his eyes had assumed the vacant, lack-lustre expression which showed mental abstraction.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  His tail had grown rigid and twitched sharply from side to side, a sign in him of intense mental activity.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
4  Then he began slowly to mount the street, pausing every step or two and putting his hand to his brow like a man in mental perplexity.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
5  With patient courage, strengthened by the interval which she had employed in mental devotion, Rebecca again took post at the lattice, sheltering herself, however, so as not to be visible from beneath.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
6  Meanwhile, the lord of the beleaguered and endangered castle lay upon a bed of bodily pain and mental agony.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
7  They loved their respective young men, and their respective young men loved them with all the passion of mental attraction.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  In their minds and their mental excitements, that is.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
9  I don't do any high and pure mental work, nothing but jot down a few ideas.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
10  Hammond she didn't really like; he seemed so selfish in a mental way.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
11  The tie that binds us just now is mental friction on one another.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
12  It's a curious thing that the mental life seems to flourish with its roots in spite, ineffable and fathomless spite.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
13  No, there's something wrong with the mental life, radically.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
14  And I do think you confuse the mental life with the critical activity.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
15  I was talking about the mental life, laughed Dukes.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1  Two years ago he suffered a mental breakdown.
2  The analysis of dreams can reveal details of a person's mental state.
3  He got the answer by mental arithmetic.
4  Mental attitude plays a far more important role in a person's success or failure than mental capacity.
5  Gein did not stand trial but lived out his days in a mental asylum.
6  These mental exercises are designed to break linear thinking habits and encourage the creativity that is needed for innovation.
7  This chapter is concerned with the mental health of older people.
8  There has been a serious deterioration in her mental condition.
9  Evidence of his mental incapacity was never produced in court.
10  The term 'mental illness' is difficult to define.
11  You need to develop a positive mental attitude.
12  People experience differences in physical and mental capability depending on the time of day.
13  This experience caused him much mental suffering.
14  Physical health is inextricably linked to mental health.
15  I must make a mental note to talk to her about it.