PROPRIETOR in a Sentence
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46 example sentences for PROPRIETOR, such as:
1. The proprietor is trying to improve the land.
2. The baker, who was the proprietor in person, took up a loaf and a knife.
3. Complaints about standards of service should be addressed to the proprietor.
4. Handsome Anton Jelinek, who had rented his homestead and come to town, was the proprietor.
5. The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism.
2. The baker, who was the proprietor in person, took up a loaf and a knife.
3. Complaints about standards of service should be addressed to the proprietor.
4. Handsome Anton Jelinek, who had rented his homestead and come to town, was the proprietor.
5. The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism.
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Meanings and Examples of PROPRIETOR
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proprietor
n. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
Classic Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
1 The proprietor and two clerks stood on the sidewalk with armfuls of bolts of cotton cloth they had been displaying.
2 A man in shirt sleeves, presumably Del Snafflin the proprietor, shaving a man who had a large Adam's apple.
3 Mrs. Wilks was the proprietor of Ye Art Shoppe and Magazine and Book Store, and the reader of the small Christian Science church.
4 Handsome Anton Jelinek, who had rented his homestead and come to town, was the proprietor.
5 She did not linger to discuss class distinctions with Madame Pouponne, but hastened to a neighboring grocery store, feeling sure that Mademoiselle would have left her address with the proprietor.
6 In the end, when the silence and suspense were no longer to be borne, he got up and hammered on the door; and the proprietor came, yawning and rubbing his eyes.
7 A man he took for the proprietor was standing in the lobby, and he went up to him and tackled him for a job.
8 It took no inconsiderable perseverance to arouse the inmates; but at last the respectable proprietor appeared, and undid the door.
9 The most "puzzled" were the school-master and Thenardier, the proprietor of the tavern, who was everybody's friend, and had not disdained to ally himself with Boulatruelle.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
10 The proprietor had a fine nickname: he was called Rousseau the Aquatic.
11 The proprietor of the stall said to them: "You cannot live here any longer."
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE MALICIOUS PLAYFULNESS OF THE WIND
12 The baker, who was the proprietor in person, took up a loaf and a knife.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH LITTLE GAVROCHE EXTRACTS PROFIT FROM ...
13 The last proprietor of the dynasty, Father Hucheloup, no longer acquainted even with the tradition, had the post painted blue.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
14 It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper.
15 The largest landed proprietor in that part is a Mr. John Turner, who made his money in Australia and returned some years ago to the old country.
Example Sentence:
1 This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.
2 The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism.
3 This is Oliver, the proprietor of a needle-factory and iron-foundry in the valley.
4 The proprietor is trying to improve the land.
5 Complaints about standards of service should be addressed to the proprietor.
6 As small business proprietors, most doctors have had little incentive to invest in automation efforts.