SAMPLE in a Sentence

Learn SAMPLE 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.
49 example sentences for SAMPLE, such as:
1. it must be exactly like the sample.
2. The shipment does not check with the sample.
3. All the athletes had to provide a urine sample.
4. The sample's density is a measure of its purity.
5. The doctor analysed the blood sample for anaemia.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SAMPLE
sample
 v.  take a sample of
 n.  all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
Classic Sentence:
1  He assures them that their last sample is impure and quite useless for his present purpose.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
2  Only when a new sample comes from the chemist, there's a bit of a break.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
3  My suspicions were all confirmed by his peculiar action in typewriting his signature, which, of course, inferred that his handwriting was so familiar to her that she would recognise even the smallest sample of it.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
4  With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
5  But this particular sample is so short that I can do nothing, and the facts which you have brought me are so indefinite that we have no basis for an investigation.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
6  The earth round the spike had been left on the table, and a second sample was loosened and fell in the bedroom.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
7  "Teddy is a remarkable boy, and can't be taken as a sample of other boys," said Amy, in a tone of solemn conviction, which would have convulsed the 'remarkable boy' if he had heard it.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
8  it must be exactly like the sample.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III
9  He rummaged in the roll-top desk on which Nat Hicks kept bills, buttons, calendars, buckles, thread-channeled wax, shotgun shells, samples of brocade for "fancy vests," fishing-reels, pornographic post-cards, shreds of buckram lining.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  Behind the hotel there was an old store building, where the salesmen opened their big trunks and spread out their samples on the counters.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: V
11  It rose to the mind of Marie, as, dressed in loose morning-robes, and surrounded by anxious servants, she sat up in a great easy-chair, and inspected samples of crape and bombazine.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  She found Marie reclining at length upon a lounge, supporting herself on one elbow by pillows, while Jane, who had been out shopping, was displaying before her certain samples of thin black stuffs.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
13  The jeweller drew from his pocket a long flat box, which contained several samples of the articles demanded.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 44. The Vendetta.
14  Flitting, tasting, returning, they sampled the colours.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales.
2  The doctor analysed the blood sample for anaemia.
3  The doctor stuck my finger with a needle to get blood sample.
4  The shipment does not check with the sample.
5  In sampling, we choose a small number of items which we think are typical of the whole and examine the sample.
6  The shop is giving away a sample pack to every customer.
7  The sample's density is a measure of its purity.
8  All the athletes had to provide a urine sample.
9  The sample of people questioned was drawn from the university's student register and stratified by age and gender.
10  The first section of the sample invoice is the information block.
11  The World Health Organization says there is no guarantee that every sample of the virus can be traced and destroyed.
12  A main clue is a sample of blood that was found at the scene.
13  The grower should sample for nematodes the year prior to planting and then decide whether or not to fumigate.
14  Aroused by his prurient impulses, the dirty old man leered at the sweet young thing and offered to give her a sample of his "prowess.".
15  The analysis of the samples provided valuable clues to the police.