FINITE in a Sentence

Learn FINITE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for FINITE, such as:

1. That great need of man, the finite, which admits of embrace, they ignore.
2. We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
3. He is finite, though he is powerful to do much harm and suffers not as we do.
4. The finite which admits of progress and sublime toil, they do not think about.
5. The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINITE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
finite
 a.  having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded
Classic Sentence:
1  That great need of man, the finite, which admits of embrace, they ignore.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
2  The finite which admits of progress and sublime toil, they do not think about.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
3  The indefinite, which is born from the human and divine combination of the infinite and the finite, escapes them.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
4  The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
5  He is finite, though he is powerful to do much harm and suffers not as we do.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  By the way, it's wrong to think a single individual can overtake a population of size infinity in finite time.
2  So far, sites have focused their attention on a younger demographic, which is finite, fickle and limited in expendable income.
3  We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.
4  The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.