RELEASE in a Sentence

Learn RELEASE 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.
294 example sentences for RELEASE, such as:
1. The court was forced to release him on a technicality.
2. Perhaps he will never wholly release her from the spell.
3. They are demanding the release of all political prisoners.
4. She gave her reaction to his release at a press conference.
5. On his release the police returned all his personal effects.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RELEASE
release
 v.  make (assets) available
 n.  a process that liberates or discharges something
Classic Sentence: (134 in 9 pages)
1  "The sooner the better," she said, hoping that perhaps he would release the crushing pressure on her rings before she had to ask him to do it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  After a private conversation with Archie, Frank gave his reluctant approval and sent word to the livery stable to release the horse and buggy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
3  That would force Scarlett to release whatever hold she had on Ashley.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
4  Again she felt the lightening of her load, and with it the release of repressed activities.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
5  The sharp release from her fears restored Lily to immediate lucidity.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
6  Mysteriously aching, nebulously sad, she slipped away, half-convinced but only half-convinced that it was horrible and unnatural, this postponement of release of mother-affection, this sacrifice to her opinionation and to his cautious desire for prosperity.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
7  It took but a few moments to release the gases pent up in the poor beast, and the two women heard the rush of wind and saw the roan visibly diminish in girth.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
8  Perhaps he will never wholly release her from the spell.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In X
9  The impatient Duncan now made several hasty and desperate propositions to attempt the release of the sisters.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
10  The maiden struggled gently to release herself, and Heyward was compelled to part with his precious burden.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
11  Huron, I accept your offer; release the woman.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
12  I like it very much," cried Duncan, who saw that the release of Cora was the primary object in the mind of the scout; "I like it much.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
13  I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother's release.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
14  He still grasped his rifle, perhaps having forgotten to release his hold upon it.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
15  He lay, for the most part, in a quiet stupor; for the laws of a powerful and well-knit frame would not at once release the imprisoned spirit.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence: (160 in 11 pages)
1  The video has sold three million copies in its first three weeks on release.
2  Immured in a dark airless cell, the hostages waited six months for their release.
3  There are a few things you should check before pressing the shutter release.
4  We could not prove he was concerned with the crime, so we had to release him.
5  She gave her reaction to his release at a press conference.
6  The court was forced to release him on a technicality.
7  In a news release, the company said it had experienced severe financial problems.
8  The release of the hostages could not be achieved without the use of force.
9  The Labor Department will release delayed December employment data tomorrow morning.
10  His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.
11  As a personal favour to me, please don't release my story to the press.
12  On his release the police returned all his personal effects.
13  They are demanding the release of all political prisoners.
14  I think my uncle's death was a merciful release for my poor aunt.
15  Only the intervention of powerful friends obtained her release.