SURVEY in a Sentence

Learn SURVEY 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.
163 example sentences for SURVEY, such as:
1. An analysis of the survey data was performed.
2. They carried out a customer satisfaction survey.
3. The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.
4. Her survey of the situation remained calm and unwavering.
5. The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SURVEY
survey
 n.  the act of looking or seeing or observing
 v.  plot a map of (land)
Classic Sentence: (119 in 8 pages)
1  She couldn't survey the wreck of the world with an air of casual unconcern.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
2  She knew that such emotions leave lines on the face as well as in the character, and she had meant to take warning by the little creases which her midnight survey had revealed.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
3  Mrs. Peniston, on whom she had looked in a day or two after the dinner, laid down her crochet-work and turned abruptly from her oblique survey of Fifth Avenue.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
4  She had time to take a fresh survey of her wretchedness, and to fluctuate anew between the impulse to confide in Selden and the dread of destroying his illusions.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
5  Her survey of the situation remained calm and unwavering.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
6  The Mohicans profited by the delay, to steal out of the woods, and to make a survey of surrounding objects.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
7  This in itself was sometimes enough to stagger us; but when we permitted ourselves to survey the road, we were frequently appalled.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  As she was also so white as not to be known as of colored lineage, without a critical survey, and her child was white also, it was much easier for her to pass on unsuspected.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
10  Franz perceived how completely he was in his element; and, unwilling to interfere with the pleasure he so evidently felt, took up Albert's glass, and began in his turn to survey the audience.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
11  Franz and the countess exchanged a smile, and then the latter resumed her conversation with Albert, while Franz returned to his previous survey of the house and company.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
12  Everything seemed more magnificent at a second view than it had done at their first rapid survey.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
13  Ali was his principal attendant during this nocturnal survey.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 45. The Rain of Blood.
14  The major looked at the count with his large staring eyes, and then took a survey of the apartment, but his gaze almost immediately reverted to the proprietor of the room.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55. Major Cavalcanti.
15  The count, in his survey of the pit, encountered a pale face and threatening eyes, which evidently sought to gain his attention.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 88. The Insult.
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1  According to one survey, one woman in eight is infertile.
2  According to the survey, overall world trade has also slackened.
3  The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across England and Wales.
4  An analysis of the survey data was performed.
5  The findings of the survey apply equally to adults and children.
6  The explorers climbed a mound to survey the land around them.
7  The survey covers a wide range of industry sectors.
8  His new book is a survey of European theatre in the nineteenth century.
9  The results of the client survey are appended to this document.
10  Students were asked to conduct a survey and write up their findings in the form of a report.
11  We are conducting a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food.
12  The survey on consumer taste was commissioned by local stores.
13  The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.
14  A customer satisfaction survey highlighted the need for clearer pricing.
15  They carried out a customer satisfaction survey.