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For INN, below is one of 141 sentences:
"Yes, yes, to the inn," repeated Captain Wentworth, comparatively collected, and eager to be doing something.

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 Meanings and Examples of INN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inn
 n.  a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
Classic Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
1  The other three sat up at the inn all night in great suspense.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
2  The Abbot thanked his sage adviser; and the cavalcade, setting spurs to their horses, rode on as men do who wish to reach their inn before the bursting of a night-storm.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Here he paused, and looked about for the inn.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
4  He was turning out of the gateway when he accidently stumbled against a tall man wrapped in a cloak, who was at that moment coming out of the inn door.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  'The very same man I told you of, who came so suddenly upon me at the inn,' said Oliver.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
6  "Yes, yes, to the inn," repeated Captain Wentworth, comparatively collected, and eager to be doing something.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
7  He and Mary had been persuaded to go early to their inn last night.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
8  She had little difficulty; it was soon determined that they would go; go to-morrow, fix themselves at the inn, or get into lodgings, as it suited, and there remain till dear Louisa could be moved.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
9  Instead of entering the inn at once, she walked by it and towards the van.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 4 The Halt on the Turnpike Road
10  Mrs. Yeobright glanced around at the dark sky, at the hills, at the perishing bonfires, and at the lighted window of the inn they had neared.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 4 The Halt on the Turnpike Road
11  I am going to the inn to see if he has returned.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People
12  inn; and the surroundings are much changed.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People
13  Wildeve came back put on his hat, took the bottle, and left the house, turning the key in the door, for there was no guest at the inn tonight.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People
14  This she rapidly extended, as if she were well accustomed to the operation, and raising it to her eye directed it towards the light beaming from the inn.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
15  Wildeve was at home when she reached the inn.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
Example Sentence:
1  A horse whinnied and reared; the troop trotted quickly out of the inn yard towards the high road.
2  She drove through Westport, and stopped a few miles beyond at a wayside inn.
3  She washed her face at the pump in front of the inn.
4  A man knows his companion in a long journey and a little inn.
5  We spent the night at the village inn.