PRIZE in a Sentence
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124 example sentences for PRIZE, such as:
1. I prize my library above my kingdom.
2. They coped with each other for the prize.
3. The clever girl bore off the first prize.
4. He took part in a television quiz and won a prize.
5. She won first prize, though none of us had expected it.
2. They coped with each other for the prize.
3. The clever girl bore off the first prize.
4. He took part in a television quiz and won a prize.
5. She won first prize, though none of us had expected it.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PRIZE
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prize
v. regard highly; think much of
Classic Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1 Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.
2 I don't myself admire prize flowers, nor yet prize dogs.
3 Should Athelstane of Coningsburgh obtain the prize, Ivanhoe is like to hear evil tidings when he reaches England.
4 "Deal me the prize, cousin Prince," said Wamba; "I have vanquished my foe in fair fight with sword and shield," he added, brandishing the brawn in one hand and the wooden sword in the other.
5 To the best archer a prize was to be awarded, being a bugle-horn, mounted with silver, and a silken baldric richly ornamented with a medallion of St Hubert, the patron of silvan sport.
6 He left my homely dwelling to mingle with the gay nobility of your brother's court, where he learned to do those tricks of horsemanship which you prize so highly.
7 I have thought better of it," said De Bracy; "I will not leave thee till the prize is fairly deposited in Front-de-Boeuf's castle.
8 I must have something that I can term exclusively my own by this foray of ours, and I have fixed on the lovely Jewess as my peculiar prize.
9 No," replied De Bracy, "I will remain beside my prize.
10 Some hilding fellow he must be, who dared not stay to assert his claim to the tourney prize which chance had assigned him.
11 They swarmed close up to the walls, headed, as I think, by the knave who won the prize at the archery, for I knew his horn and baldric.
12 Turning and looking again at the unconscious form of Clym, he murmured, "I am afraid that you don't value your prize, Clym."
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
13 He had returned with the prize, but had left a fragment in the grasp of his opponent.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
14 He was a very brilliant boy, and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finished his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.
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
15 He would take so valuable a prize to headquarters with his own hands.
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1 I prize my library above my kingdom.
2 He that will not allow his friend to share the prize must not expect him to share the danger.
3 Although he had only entered the contest for fun, he won first prize.
4 In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up.
5 Bill grudged Dick his prize even though he had won a better prize himself.
6 The child was given a prize as a sop to her disappointed parents.
7 Her appointment was seen as a consolation prize after she lost the election.
8 The critics' prize for best film was won by Marc Abbott for 'Belly Laugh'.
9 The clever girl bore off the first prize.
10 I'm glad to learn that you won first prize in the composition contest held at your school.
11 She won first prize, though none of us had expected it.
12 They coped with each other for the prize.
13 The prize winners each receive a book with their names inscribed on the first page.
14 When she received her prize I think I was the proudest parent on the face of the Earth.
15 He took part in a television quiz and won a prize.