Example sentences for: quotations

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

  • Clearly, that is not to say that most words appearing in quotations in the OED and in any other (original) source are being used for the first time: on the contrary, it is very likely—and this might well apply to terms of art of a specialized field and, particularly, the speech of sailors, who did not enjoy an entirely savory reputation—that the terms were in oral use for a long time before they were written down.

  • But these words are archaisms, obsolete words that are used for special effect or other reasons, as in popular quotations, like wherefore in “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

  • If things got seriously romantic, she might blurt out quotations from Sen.

  • In March, July, October, May, The Ides are on the fifteenth day, The Nones the seventh; all other months besides Have two days less for Nones and IdesJohn Barlett, Familiar Quotations, 13th ed.

  • Considering the political climate the world over and the political individuals who make certain that into each life a little rain must fall, it would behoove all of us to become familiar with the quotations in this book, most of which seem apt at the moment:


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