Example sentences for: jar

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

  • The priest is named Thomas Aquinas--not, disappointingly, the reincarnated author of Summa Theologica but some old geezer who has cut out his own tongue and put it in a mayonnaise jar for reasons that it would take a second viewing of End of Days for me to figure out.

  • Consider this tidbit from Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Culture by Kathy Peiss, a just-published history of the American beauty industry:

  • And while I'm at it: Why'd you like that damn Jar Jar picture?

  • A few hours later, the Gore campaign headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., made available for inspection by reporters a battered paperback copy of Thomas Kuhn's landmark book with a dark stain in the margin beside the underlined sentence, "One final example of scientific discovery, that of the Leyden jar, belongs to a class that may be described as theory-induced."

  • Since any actual military engagement is not going to involve every last wing nut in the Pentagon's "miscellaneous screws" jar, you are well positioned to say "I told you so" if things go badly.


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