Sentence

(noun.) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; 'he always spoke in grammatical sentences'.

(verb.) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; 'He was condemned to ten years in prison'.

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• The address was solemn and impressive; the sentence fearful to hear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I think, if they bring me out to be hanged to-morrow, as is much to be doubted they may, I will try its weight upon the finisher of the sentence. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Volumnia's finishing the sentence restores her to favour. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was considered very pleasant reading, but I never read more of it myself than the sentence on which I chanced to light on opening the book. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Then I took down the sentence in writing. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• His lips parted, as if to speak: but he checked the coming sentence, whatever it was. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The second sentence literally petrified her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• There are names, and Christian symbols, and prayers, or sentences expressive of Christian hopes, carved upon nearly every sarcophagus. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It contained these two sentences in Pesca's handwriting-- Your letter is received. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He held steadily to the subject of the Diamond; but he ceased to complete his sentences. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The break he set between his last two sentences was quite embarrassing to his hearer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I read among my notes, now, with a new interest, some sentences from an edition of 1621 of the Apocryphal New Testament. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It is observed by critics, that all words or sentences, which are difficult to the pronunciation, are disagreeable to the ear. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Thus a man in a strong prison well-guarded, without the least means of escape, trembles at the thought of the rack, to which he is sentenced. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Penelope persisted in believing that she was to be forthwith tried, sentenced, and transported for theft. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For several days and nights after he was sentenced I took no rest except when I fell asleep in my chair, but was wholly absorbed in these appeals. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It was like asking, as a favour, to be sentenced to transportation from Dora. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

校对:苏西