METALLIC in a Sentence
Learn METALLIC 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.
135 example sentences for METALLIC, such as:
1. The worker fined the metal down.
2. She was beaten with a metal bar.
3. He hit his head against a metal bar.
4. An air of frankly metallic enterprise.
5. He picked up a metallic ring last night.
2. She was beaten with a metal bar.
3. He hit his head against a metal bar.
4. An air of frankly metallic enterprise.
5. He picked up a metallic ring last night.
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Meanings and Examples of METALLIC
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metallic
n. a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
a. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1 A big, loud man, with a stare, and a metallic laugh.
2 Some of the neighbouring girls wore coloured ribbon for the same purpose, and sported metallic ornaments elsewhere; but if anyone suggested coloured ribbon and metallic ornaments to Eustacia Vye she laughed and went on.
3 She looked at the sky overhead, and saw that the sapphirine hue of the zenith in spring and early summer had been replaced by a metallic violet.
4 The leaves of the hollyhocks hung like half-closed umbrellas, the sap almost simmered in the stems, and foliage with a smooth surface glared like metallic mirrors.
5 The metallic clang heard by Miss Stoner was obviously caused by her stepfather hastily closing the door of his safe upon its terrible occupant.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
6 The walls were of wood, but the floor consisted of a large iron trough, and when I came to examine it I could see a crust of metallic deposit all over it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
7 Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
8 In his hand he carried what appeared to be a stick, but as he laid it down upon the floor it gave a metallic clang.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
9 The thing the Time Traveller held in his hand was a glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than a small clock, and very delicately made.
10 Only ragged vestiges of glass remained in its windows, and great sheets of the green facing had fallen away from the corroded metallic framework.
11 But here and there were warped boards and cracked metallic clasps that told the tale well enough.
12 The effect produced on Frome was rather of a complete absence of atmosphere, as though nothing less tenuous than ether intervened between the white earth under his feet and the metallic dome overhead.
13 There were hurried stumbling steps in the upper hall, a pause and then more steps, weak dragging steps now, punctuated by metallic clankings.
14 An air of frankly metallic enterprise.
15 She visioned the fire-box: flames turned to lemon and metallic gold as the coal-dust sifted over them; thin twisty flutters of purple, ghost flames which gave no light, slipping up between the dark banked coals.
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
1 The key turned in the lock with a loud metallic click.
2 He picked up a metallic ring last night.
3 A sharp metallic note coming from the outside frightened me.
4 There was a metallic click and the gates swung open.
5 Mercury thus contains a much greater abundance of denser materials, the strong implication being that it is rich in metallic iron.
6 The carriers in metallic conductors are electrons, and they all carry the same negative charge.
7 He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.
8 She was beaten with a metal bar.
9 He hit his head against a metal bar.
10 The worker fined the metal down.
11 You need a powerful saw to cut through metal.
12 The design is incised into a metal plate.
13 She puts a piece of plastic tubing in her mouth and starts siphoning gas from a huge metal drum.
14 You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth.
15 A metal grid had been placed across the hole to stop people falling in.