Example sentences for: meant

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

  • The government hopes to construct the database in a way that will satisfy privacy advocates, but this seems impossible, since they 1) oppose precisely the easy access meant to justify the database and 2) think insurers will use the information to discriminate against costly patients.

  • ' I meant every word of it."

  • Shakespeare knew of primroses ( Cymbeline ), cowslips ( The Tempest ), and oxlips ( The Winter's Tale ), and presumably the difference between them although there seems to be no way of knowing which oxlip he meant.

  • When Bauer challenged another questioner to explain what he meant by "inappropriate behavior," the questioner replied, "How specific do you want to get?

  • White lies are, indeed, meant for situations like this, but in the case of "Nauseously Yours," there is the chance that straight shooting would be of real help to the roommate living in filth.


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