TOPIC in a Sentence

Learn TOPIC 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.
101 example sentences for TOPIC, such as:
1. Sex was always a forbidden topic.
2. The topic for tonight's discussion is.
3. I have discussed this topic in some detail.
4. The environment is a popular topic these days.
5. Sex is considered taboo as a topic for discussion.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TOPIC
topic
 n.  the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
 n.  some situation or event that is thought about
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  But Mrs. Tarleton was, as usual, deaf to all other ideas when pursuing her favorite topic, breeding, whether it be horses or humans.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  Frantically she cast about in her mind for some other topic of conversation which would not be so personal but which would divert Mr. O'Hara from the purpose of his trip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  Talk always turned to war now, all conversations on any topic led from war or back to war--sometimes sad, often gay, but always war.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
4  Then, seeing the question she feared hovering on the old lady's lips, she cast hastily about for some other topic of conversation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  Personally, I'm sick of him as a topic of conversation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  Whenever two former Confederates met anywhere, there was never but one topic of conversation, and where a dozen or more gathered together, it was a foregone conclusion that the war would be spiritedly refought.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
7  There was, however, one topic she could rely on: one spring that she had only to touch to set his simple machinery in motion.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
8  The protective instinct always nerved her to successful dissimulation, and it was not the first time she had used her beauty to divert attention from an inconvenient topic.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
9  Winter garments surpassed even personal gossip as the topic at parties.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
10  She had no opinions on anything more polemic than woolen union-suits, a topic on which Mrs. Howland discoursed for five minutes.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
11  Before they could question her again Carol escorted in with drum and fife the topic of Raymie Wutherspoon.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
13  The youth had been wriggling since the introduction of this topic.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
14  It was the topic in every mouth, everywhere; and nothing was done in the house or in the field, but to discuss its probable results.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  Marie seemed wonderfully supported, always, when she got upon this topic; and she now opened her eyes, and seemed quite to forget her languor.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (39 in 3 pages)
1  They had obviously been hoping to approach the topic with more subtlety.
2  When I taught, I would assign a topic to children which they would write about.
3  She was an excellent speaker, but I found her choice of topic strange.
4  The main topic of conversation was the big football match.
5  I have discussed this topic in some detail.
6  Sex is considered taboo as a topic for discussion.
7  We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.
8  His remarks didn't relate to the topic under discussion.
9  The topic for tonight's discussion is.
10  Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
11  The environment is a popular topic these days.
12  My girl friend discoursed on a topic she had grown greatly interested in.
13  There is, then, a discrepancy between what each participant is talking about, within the topic framework.
14  We tried our best to head Henry off the topic, because we knew he'd reveal confidential information.
15  Sex was always a forbidden topic.