DISPATCH in a Sentence

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65 example sentences for DISPATCH, such as:

1. Troops have been dispatched to the area.
2. The message was dispatched from Rome to London.
3. His father dispatched him to the shop to buy beer.
4. So it was decided to send a dispatch to the staff.
5. American warships have been dispatched to the area.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISPATCH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dispatch
 n.  act of sending off something; property of being prompt and efficient; message usually sent in haste
Classic Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  He took the dispatch which was addressed to him and began to read it with a mournful expression.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
2  Having glanced through the dispatch he laid it on the table and looked at Prince Andrew, evidently considering something.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
3  The lieutenant colonel of hussars smiled beneath his mustache at the orderly's tone, dismounted, gave his horse to a dispatch runner, and approached Bolkonski with a slight bow.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
4  And Bilibin repeated the actual words of the diplomatic dispatch, which he had himself composed.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I
5  Next day during the service at the palace church in honor of the Emperor's birthday, Prince Volkonski was called out of the church and received a dispatch from Prince Kutuzov.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER II
6  So it was decided to send a dispatch to the staff.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XV
7  Toward midnight Bolkhovitinov, having received the dispatch and verbal instructions, galloped off to the General Staff accompanied by a Cossack with spare horses.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XV
8  "Here is the dispatch," said Bolkhovitinov.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XVI
9  While listening to the officer's report Konovnitsyn broke the seal and read the dispatch.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER XVI
10  "There, they kept telling us: 'It's dangerous, it's dangerous,'" said the officer, addressing the esaul while Denisov was reading the dispatch.'
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV
11  And Denisov told the esaul that the dispatch just delivered was a repetition of the German general's demand that he should join forces with him for an attack on the transport.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV
12  A very few minutes only were necessary to parade a few files, and to dispatch an orderly with a flag to announce the approach of the commandant of the fort.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
13  We will load the back of this Mohican until he staggers under our bounty, and dispatch him after my young men.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
14  Meanwhile the travellers continued to press on their journey with a dispatch which argued the extremity of the Jew's fears, since persons at his age are seldom fond of rapid motion.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  The old housekeeper answered the summons with all dispatch; and dropping a curtsey at the door, waited for orders.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
Example Sentence:
1  He sent a dispatch to headquarters informing his commander of the great victory.
2  We hope service person to dispatch a new book today.
3  Her name appeared sixth in the dispatch, which listed more than 50 funeral committee members.
4  American warships have been dispatched to the area.
5  Troops have been dispatched to the area.
6  His father dispatched him to the shop to buy beer.
7  A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.
8  Crews were even dispatched to determine if any of the aircraft could be made airworthy.
9  A messenger was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.
10  The message was dispatched from Rome to London.
11  A Chinese trade mission has been dispatched to Japan.
12  The president dispatched a messenger to tell the premier what happened.