MISSION in a Sentence
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174 example sentences for MISSION, such as:
1. The rescue mission had to be aborted.
2. The minister was sent to Spain on mission.
3. The navy are on a search and rescue mission.
4. It was evident to me that the mission would fail.
5. Her mission in life was to work with the homeless.
2. The minister was sent to Spain on mission.
3. The navy are on a search and rescue mission.
4. It was evident to me that the mission would fail.
5. Her mission in life was to work with the homeless.
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Meanings and Examples of MISSION
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mission
n. an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
n. a special assignment that is given to a person or group
Classic Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1 So, at last the horny-handed lady comes to her real mission.
2 Belle Watling herself answered Captain Jaffery's summons, and before he could make known his mission she shouted that the house was closed for the night.
3 He responded joyfully that to do so was his mission in life, and asked what form the rescue was to take.
4 When Kennicott boasted, "We went through the mission at Santa Barbara," Harry broke in, "Yeh, that's an interesting old mission."
5 It did rather seem to me that Cuzak had been made the instrument of Antonia's special mission.
6 She had thought of speaking to the cook concerning her blunders of the previous night; but Mr. Pontellier had saved her that disagreeable mission, for which she was so poorly fitted.
7 And it was not long before all the men seemed to forget their mission.
8 He made his horse bound into a gallop almost from a walk in his haste to go upon his mission.
9 To that mission its stern, inflexible, energetic elements, were well adapted; but, as a Christian, I look for another era to arise.
10 When I wander, her gentler spirit ever restores me, and keeps before my eyes the Christian calling and mission of our race.
11 The yeoman having thus accomplished his mission, returned to the head-quarters of the allies, which were for the present established under a venerable oak-tree, about three arrow-flights distant from the castle.
12 And so saying he imitated the solemn and stately deportment of a friar, and departed to execute his mission.
13 Oliver obeyed, and followed his master on his professional mission.
14 It looks as if they always send their singular warning or token before them when starting upon their mission.
15 All this, however, is foreign to the mission on which you sent me and will probably be very uninteresting to your severely practical mind.
Example Sentence: (123 in 9 pages)
1 According to the army, the teenager said he was on a "suicide mission" for the movement.
2 They say God spoke to them and told them to go on a mission to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
3 In the film, he plays a spy whose mission is to confirm the verity of a secret military document.
4 It was evident to me that the mission would fail.
5 The minister was sent to Spain on mission.
6 The delegation completed its mission successfully.
7 The rescue mission had to be aborted.
8 The troops are on a mercy mission in the war zone.
9 Your mission is to isolate the enemy by destroying all the bridges across the river.
10 Salisbury sent him on a diplomatic mission to North America.
11 He regards it as his mission to help the cause of the world peace.
12 Her mission in life was to work with the homeless.
13 The navy are on a search and rescue mission.
14 He viewed his mission in life as protecting the weak from the evil.
15 The UN Secretary General is on a fence-mending mission.