SHEET in a Sentence
Learn SHEET 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.
244 example sentences for SHEET, such as:
1. She tore a sheet of paper in two.
2. A sheet had been spread on the Terrace.
3. Where the worm weaves its winding sheet.
4. She laid a spring mattress under the sheet.
5. She mumbled through the blurred carbon sheet.
2. A sheet had been spread on the Terrace.
3. Where the worm weaves its winding sheet.
4. She laid a spring mattress under the sheet.
5. She mumbled through the blurred carbon sheet.
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Meanings and Examples of SHEET
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sheet
n. bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece of cotton or linen cloth; used in pairs
v. come down as if in sheets
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 As the young hunter approached it, he perceived that a stick had been planted on it, with a sheet of paper stuck in the cleft fork of it.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2 But the breeze blew the great sheet out; and over the edge he surveyed the landscape--flowing fields, heath and woods.
3 One hand was deep stuck in her jacket pocket; the other held a foolscap sheet.
4 She mumbled through the blurred carbon sheet.
5 Some, like Colonel and Mrs. Mayhew, who had never left their seats, brooded over the blurred carbon sheet which had been issued for their information.
6 A sheet had been spread on the Terrace.
7 Rather prettily, real swallows darted across the sheet.
8 Where the worm weaves its winding sheet.
9 The press marked E was unlocked; and I took out the drawer, had it filled up with straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish Square.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
10 "There it is, sir," said I, pointing to the drawer, where it lay on the floor behind a table and still covered with the sheet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
11 He turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
12 He took the old sheet and rubbed her down, she standing like a child.
13 She ducked her head in the other end of the sheet, and rubbed her wet hair.
14 Here he went to the bedside and folded back the sheet.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
15 Yeobright searched his desk, and taking out a sheet of tissue-paper unfolded from it two or three undulating locks of raven hair, which fell over the paper like black streams.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 This type of sheet steel could stand high pressure.
2 They wrote various numbers on a large sheet of paper.
3 His sheet was stained with blood running from his nose.
4 Trace around your template and transfer the design onto a sheet of card.
5 Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle.
6 Under the newspaper, atop a sheet of paper, lay an envelope.
7 Bella laid the flowers out carefully on a sheet of newspaper.
8 I had no screen, so I projected the slides onto an old white sheet.
9 She tore a sheet of paper in two.
10 She laid a spring mattress under the sheet.
11 If the EU is to form any kind of coherent common foreign policy, it needs France and Britain singing from the same song sheet.
12 Under this sheet is the head of one of the most recent victims of Mexico's drug wars.
13 Please stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress.
14 As was attested by a sheet of ice covering the causeway, where a little brooklet, now congealed, had overflowed after a rapid thaw some days since.
15 They cut holes on the sheet of metal with a punch press.