Example sentences for: careful

How can you use “careful” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is the errors of fact that occasion the greatest irritation, however: many of them could have been caught had the book been subjected to a careful reading by a knowledgeable American editor, for, as will be seen, the preponderance of them occurs when the editors try to describe things American:

  • In a book dealing with a subject of this sort one must be extremely careful to cleave to rigid definitions of the key terms ( euphemism, dysphemism, taboo , etc.) and not deviate from them.

  • He might even have fancied himself a Robin Hood, although Boorman (who also wrote the screenplay) is careful to show that if Cahill stole from the rich he gave to no one but himself and his family, and that his thieving put a lot of poor people out of work.

  • The hoot of an owl is an evil omen, so one must be careful to stay away from owls.

  • Simultaneously, that same urgency of purpose would suggest that the Congress be extremely careful and deliberate in how it creates a new department for defending the country against terrorism.


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