MILLET in a Sentence

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1. If the grain of millet beneath the millstone had thoughts, it would, doubtless, think that same thing which Jean Valjean thought.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of MILLET
millet
 n.  any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
 n.  small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
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1  If the grain of millet beneath the millstone had thoughts, it would, doubtless, think that same thing which Jean Valjean thought.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
2  The ring-dove found his hemp-seed, the chaffinch found his millet, the goldfinch found chickweed, the red-breast found worms, the green finch found flies, the fly found infusoriae, the bee found flowers.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
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