PUBLIC in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for PUBLIC, such as:
1. His bad action was scorned by the public.
2. She turned the handle of the public house door.
3. The incident caused discussion among the public.
4. The public transport system was absolutely hopeless.
5. With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.
2. She turned the handle of the public house door.
3. The incident caused discussion among the public.
4. The public transport system was absolutely hopeless.
5. With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.
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Meanings and Examples of PUBLIC
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public
n. a body of people sharing some common interest
n. people in general considered as a whole
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The public," it said, "have lost a sensational treat through the sudden death of the man Hope, who was suspected of the murder of Mr. Enoch Drebber and of Mr. Joseph Stangerson.
2 Never mind," I answered, "I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them.
3 In these days Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded at each door by fierce-looking dogs.
4 Napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as once in a fortnight.
5 For a horse, it was said, the pension would be five pounds of corn a day and, in winter, fifteen pounds of hay, with a carrot or possibly an apple on public holidays.
6 An anecdote was on the tip of her tongue, about a public lavatory built to celebrate the same occasion, and how the Mayor.
7 She turned the handle of the public house door.
8 It has elicited a great deal of public feeling, returned Guest.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
9 The next day, came the news that the murder had been overlooked, that the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world, and that the victim was a man high in public estimation.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
10 In such terms Mr. Gradgrind always mentally introduced himself, whether to his private circle of acquaintance, or to the public in general.
11 Whatsoever the public meeting held in Coketown, and whatsoever the subject of such meeting, some Coketowner was sure to seize the occasion of alluding to his eminently practical friend Gradgrind.
12 All the public inscriptions in the town were painted alike, in severe characters of black and white.
13 Office-hours were over: and at that period of the day, in warm weather, she usually embellished with her genteel presence, a managerial board-room over the public office.
14 When the two champions stood opposed to each other at the two extremities of the lists, the public expectation was strained to the highest pitch.
15 But peasants from the neighbouring country were not refused admittance; for it was the pride of Beaumanoir to render the edifying spectacle of the justice which he administered as public as possible.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.
2 The public transport system was absolutely hopeless.
3 Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills.
4 He plans to barnstorm across the state to generate public support.
5 The government is fighting a rearguard action against the mass of public opinion.
6 His bad action was scorned by the public.
7 Television may actually be distancing the public from the war.
8 The administration has no vested interest in proving whether public schools were good or bad.
9 Patterns of public administration and government are superimposed on traditional societies.
10 The negotiators were meeting in secret for several months before the peace agreement was made public.
11 The incident caused discussion among the public.
12 Bill was among the first to gain entry to Buckingham Palace when it opened to the public recently.
13 He is due to appear before magistrates in connection with a public order offence.
14 With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.
15 The new policies appear to have caught the imagination of the public.