REDUCE in a Sentence
Learn REDUCE 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.
264 example sentences for REDUCE, such as:
1. We'll need to reduce the weight by half.
2. The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.
3. They aim to reduce unit costs through extra sales.
4. Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.
5. Today police launched a campaign to reduce road accidents.
2. The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.
3. They aim to reduce unit costs through extra sales.
4. Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.
5. Today police launched a campaign to reduce road accidents.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of REDUCE
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reduce
v. be the essential element
v. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Classic Sentence: (91 in 7 pages)
1 He did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations.
2 At his feet was placed a table, occupied by two scribes, chaplains of the Order, whose duty it was to reduce to formal record the proceedings of the day.
3 It is, if I may take an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; for every wrench of agony return a wrench: reduce him to my level.
4 She tried to reduce the frequency of begging by opening accounts and having the bills sent to him.
5 The foolhardiness or ignorance of her officers was a prolific theme for comment whilst she remained in sight, and efforts were made to signal her to reduce sail in face of her danger.
6 It needs no critical exertion to reduce utterly to dust any deductions drawn from history.
7 For towns strongly fortified are not attacked by escalade, nor will the assailing army advance against them in weak numbers; but will endeavour, as in ancient times, to reduce them by regular siege.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVII.
8 Maybelle Merriwether went toward the next booth on the arm of the Zouave, in an apple- green tarlatan so wide that it reduced her waist to nothingness.
9 This medical frankness reduced the ladies to embarrassed blushes and silence.
10 This suggestion met with the complete approval of Prissy, who was now reduced to teeth- chattering idiocy at every unexpected sound.
11 It was the final degradation for her to think of Ashley reduced to the state of these other soldiers.
12 She knew she should believe devoutly, as they did, that a born lady remained a lady, even if reduced to poverty, but she could not make herself believe it now.
13 Ashamed that she was poor and reduced to galling shifts and penury and work that negroes should do.
14 Scarlett raged at both Frank and Mammy, then was reduced to begging and finally cried all one morning like a furious thwarted child.
15 His own taste was in the line of less solid and more highly-seasoned diet; but hunger makes any fare palatable, and there had been times when Mr. Stepney had been reduced to a crust.
Example Sentence: (173 in 12 pages)
1 The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.
2 Helping to alleviate poverty in developing countries also helps to reduce environmental destruction.
3 The government has pledged to reduce the amount of chemicals used in food production.
4 Later this month, federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters.
5 If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue.
6 The Government could take down the watchtowers in South Armagh with few consequences for security; it could also reduce troop numbers.
7 They aim to reduce unit costs through extra sales.
8 We'll need to reduce the weight by half.
9 I really believe that it is possible to both improve customer satisfaction and reduce costs.
10 Doctors tried desperately to reduce the swelling in her brain.
11 Today police launched a campaign to reduce road accidents.
12 The company is being forced to reduce staff and I fear I'm a likely candidate.
13 Immerse your foot in ice cold water to reduce the swelling.
14 Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.
15 The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.