QUANTITY in a Sentence
Learn QUANTITY 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.
111 example sentences for QUANTITY, such as:
1. Quality is better than quantity.
2. Mathematics is the science of pure quantity.
3. It's wrong to sacrifice quality to quantity.
4. Prices vary according to the quantity ordered.
5. In algebra, the sign X usually denotes an unknown quantity.
2. Mathematics is the science of pure quantity.
3. It's wrong to sacrifice quality to quantity.
4. Prices vary according to the quantity ordered.
5. In algebra, the sign X usually denotes an unknown quantity.
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Meanings and Examples of QUANTITY
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quantity
n. an adequate or large amount
n. the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
Classic Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1 We accordingly brought him back to the deck and restored him to animation by rubbing him with brandy and forcing him to swallow a small quantity.
2 This was a new scene to us mountaineers; the majestic oaks, the quantity of game, and the herds of stately deer were all novelties to us.
3 Oppressed by the recollection of my various misfortunes, I now swallowed double my usual quantity and soon slept profoundly.
4 She had drunk a quantity of champagne and during the course of her song she had decided ineptly that everything was very very sad--she was not only singing, she was weeping too.
5 But there was a quantity of chalk about our country, and perhaps the people neglected no opportunity of turning it to account.
6 Rather tall, of a lithe nimble figure, extremely pale, with large faded eyes, and a quantity of streaming hair.
7 So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt.
8 Here, Mr. Trabb had taken unto himself the best table, and had got all the leaves up, and was holding a kind of black Bazaar, with the aid of a quantity of black pins.
9 As to the quantity of wine, his post-office was as indifferent and ready as any other post-office for its quantity of letters.
10 I saw by his tilting of the bottle that there was no great quantity left in it.
11 We had a merry game, not made the less merry by the Doctor's mistakes, of which he committed an innumerable quantity, in spite of the watchfulness of the butterflies, and to their great aggravation.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
12 The milkman, after shaking his head at her darkly, released her chin, and with anything rather than good-will opened his can, and deposited the usual quantity in the family jug.
13 The quantity of walking exercise I took, was not in this respect attended with its usual consequence, as the disappointment counteracted the fresh air.
14 I found Uriah in possession of a new, plaster-smelling office, built out in the garden; looking extraordinarily mean, in the midst of a quantity of books and papers.
15 Now, I add this small quantity of blood to a litre of water.
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 Prices vary according to the quantity ordered.
2 The police also found a quantity of ammunition in the flat.
3 It's just very time consuming to get such a large quantity of data.
4 Gas was detected in sufficient quantity to warrant careful monitoring.
5 Forensic examination revealed a large quantity of poison in the dead man's stomach.
6 His work is good in respects of quality but bad in respect of quantity.
7 Quality is better than quantity.
8 It's wrong to sacrifice quality to quantity.
9 Mathematics is the science of pure quantity.
10 In algebra, the sign X usually denotes an unknown quantity.
11 Today the Jewish bloc is interested primarily in Palestine and will continue to be an uncertain quantity right up to the time of election.
12 Please tell us the residual quantity as soon as you finish this noon.
13 A food supplement is a preparation intended to supply nutrients, which are missing or not consumed in sufficient quantity in a person's diet.
14 Then it occurred to him that the great adventure itself must be a dream! There was one very strong argument in favor of this idea -- namely, that the quantity of coin he had seen was too vast to be real.
15 The unhealthy nature of the site; the quantity and quality of the children's food; the brackish, fetid water used in its preparation; the pupils' wretched clothing and accommodations.