POST in a Sentence
Learn POST 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.
335 example sentences for POST, such as:
1. Marius had not quitted his post.
2. The post is adapted to her ability.
3. The ball bounced off the post and into the net.
4. The ball bounced off the post and into the goal.
5. Entries must arrive by first post next Wednesday.
2. The post is adapted to her ability.
3. The ball bounced off the post and into the net.
4. The ball bounced off the post and into the goal.
5. Entries must arrive by first post next Wednesday.
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Meanings and Examples of POST
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post
n. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
v. mark or expose as infamous
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 No one is ignorant of the fact that letters sent to an exile by post very rarely reached him, as the police made it their religious duty to intercept them.
2 The season for ploughing is just beginning; heavy teams are required, and horses are seized upon everywhere, from the post as well as elsewhere.
3 The instant that Madeleine's glance encountered Javert's glance, Javert, without stirring, without moving from his post, without approaching him, became terrible.
4 Cosette, from her post under the table, gazed at the fire, which was reflected from her fixed eyes.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
5 He seated Cosette with her back against a stone post, with an injunction to be silent, and ran to the spot where the conduit touched the pavement.
6 A patrol which was returning to the Arsenal post having passed him, he made a requisition on it, and caused it to accompany him.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
7 He interrogated his sentinel of the Rues Droit-Mur and Petit-Picpus; that agent, who had remained imperturbably at his post, had not seen the man pass.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
8 As this act is performed in front of a post on which burns a candle, it is called without distinction, to make reparation or to be at the post.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
9 The sister at the post would not turn round were a thunderbolt to fall directly behind her.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—THE OBEDIENCE OF MARTIN VERGA
10 In the cloister, hell is accepted in advance as a post obit on paradise.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
11 It is necessary to pass through Paris in order to get from the old post to the new one.
12 He had learned German and English; thanks to Courfeyrac, who had put him in communication with his friend the publisher, Marius filled the modest post of utility man in the literature of the publishing house.
13 Marius had not quitted his post.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII—THE RAY OF LIGHT IN THE HOVEL
14 He bounded rather than climbed upon his commode, and resumed his post near the little peep-hole in the partition wall.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XI—OFFERS OF SERVICE FROM MISERY TO WRETCHEDNESS
15 Marius decided that the moment had now arrived when he must resume his post at his observatory.
Example Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1 The post is adapted to her ability.
2 I am going to take the parcel to the post office this afternoon.
3 Look straight ahead and you'll see the post office.
4 I am pleased to tell you that your application for the post of Assistant Editor has been successful.
5 She affirmed her intention to apply for the post.
6 A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post.
7 Entries must arrive by first post next Wednesday.
8 Monday is the last day to send cards by post to arrive by Christmas.
9 I applied for the post and was asked to attend an interview.
10 I'd been away for a few days so I had a lot of post waiting for me.
11 The ball bounced off the post and into the goal.
12 The ball bounced off the post and into the net.
13 While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.
14 We were pipped at the post by a firm whose price was lower.
15 Please post up this advertisement for our concert in your shop window.