RECTIFY in a Sentence
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19 example sentences for RECTIFY, such as:
1. Combeferre complemented and rectified Enjolras.
2. But, with God's grace, I will rectify this and this.
3. Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.
4. You should rectify your error before it is too late.
5. Here is some great misapprehension which must be rectified.
2. But, with God's grace, I will rectify this and this.
3. Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.
4. You should rectify your error before it is too late.
5. Here is some great misapprehension which must be rectified.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of RECTIFY
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rectify
v. set straight or right
v. reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Classic Sentence:
1 Thus Venn, in his anxiety to rectify matters, had placed in Thomasin's hands not only the fifty guineas which rightly belonged to her, but also the fifty intended for her cousin Clym.
2 There is a huge error which it may take some little time to rectify.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
3 Our duty, my dear, is to rectify his mistake, to ease his last moments by not letting him commit this injustice, and not to let him die feeling that he is rendering unhappy those who.
4 Having given orders in the commander-in-chief's name to rectify this omission, Prince Andrew galloped back.
5 Everyone thought she had neglected her boy's religious education and thought more of Rhett for trying to rectify the matter, even if he did take the boy to the Episcopal Church instead of the Catholic.
6 But, with God's grace, I will rectify this and this.
7 Here is some great misapprehension which must be rectified.
8 This was not the first meeting between the relatives since Thomasin's marriage; and past blunders having been in a rough way rectified, they could always greet each other with pleasure and ease.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete
9 Again, carbolic or rectified spirits would be the preservatives which would suggest themselves to the medical mind, certainly not rough salt.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
10 Combeferre complemented and rectified Enjolras.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
11 One day, in the presence of a witness whom we are not permitted to doubt, he rectified from memory the whole of the letter A in the alphabetical list of the Constituent Assembly.
12 Morrel looked at his watch, which wanted a quarter to ten; but soon the same clock he had already heard strike two or three times rectified the error by striking half-past nine.
13 The instant their mistake was rectified, the whole party retraced the error with the utmost diligence.
14 And, lowering his rifle, he took aim at the captain of the gun, who, at that moment, was bearing down on the breach of his gun and rectifying and definitely fixing its pointing.
Example Sentence:
1 I am determined to take whatever action is necessary to rectify the situation.
2 Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation.
3 You should rectify your error before it is too late.
4 Probably the most costly to rectify is that caused by toxic chemicals entering the water supply.
5 I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly.