SWITCH in a Sentence
Learn SWITCH 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.
57 example sentences for SWITCH, such as:
1. His hand eventually found the light switch.
2. We want to switch the focus away from criticism.
3. Can we switch over I'd like to sit in your seat.
4. You drive first and then we'll switch round/over.
5. I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
2. We want to switch the focus away from criticism.
3. Can we switch over I'd like to sit in your seat.
4. You drive first and then we'll switch round/over.
5. I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SWITCH
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switch
n. a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
v. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
Classic Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1 When she began to extricate herself it was by turning round and round, and so unwinding the prickly switch.
2 Near the door I saw the gleam of an electric switch, but it was unnecessary, even if it had been safe, to turn it on.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
3 He gave the cane another poise, and another switch; and having finished his preparation of it, laid it down beside him, with an impressive look, and took up his book.
4 She galloped round to the left wing, herself pulled the switch, looked so ferociously at Kennicott that he quaked, and fled back.
5 Eliza tries to control herself and feel indifferent as she rises and walks across to the hearth to switch off the lights.
6 In his hand he held a switch which was as supple as a vine-shoot and as heavy as iron.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
7 The two friends played with an imperial chariot which Miles had made out of a starch-box and four red spools; together they stuck switches into a mouse-hole, with vast satisfaction though entirely without known results.
8 He then went to a large gum-tree, and with his axe cut three large switches, and, after trimming them up neatly with his pocketknife, he ordered me to take off my clothes.
9 The master's arm performed until it was tired and the stock of switches notably diminished.
10 She comes to the hearth, and switches on the electric lights there.
11 Two soldiers held him while two others were flourishing their switches and striking him regularly on his bare back.
12 But Tom, full of years and irritable at disturbances, switched his tail and spat softly.
13 As she waddled, she switched herself and from her skirts came the whisper and rustle of silk.
14 As Kennicott switched on the seat-light she turned drearily to the illustrations in a motion-picture magazine.
15 Her outgrown cotton dress switched about her calves, over the boot-tops.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 I just happened to switch over although I haven'tbeen watching the Olympics.
2 Clinton named a new assistant attorney general for civil rights, Deval Patrick, who persuaded the administration to switch sides.
3 That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch.
4 I think I remembered to switch the oven off but you'd better check.
5 I fumbled for the light switch in the pitch dark.
6 She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
7 You drive first and then we'll switch round/over.
8 The law would encourage companies to switch from coal to cleaner fuels.
9 The end of the wire had become accidentally fused with the switch.
10 His hand eventually found the light switch.
11 He blundered about in the dark, feeling for the light switch.
12 We want to switch the focus away from criticism.
13 Can we switch over I'd like to sit in your seat.
14 I would like a switch you to use my years long stay.
15 I looked into a certain corner near, half-expecting to see the slim outline of a once dreaded switch which used to lurk there, waiting to leap out imp-like and lace my quivering palm or shrinking neck.