ABOVE in a Sentence

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155 example sentences for ABOVE, such as:

1. Aim a little above the target.
2. We were flying above the clouds.
3. High mountains rise above the plain.
4. The above are to report to me forthwith.
5. The tall building towered above all the others.

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 Meanings and Examples of ABOVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
above
 ad.  in or to a higher position than something else
 ad.  more than an amount or level
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1  At length we saw the numerous steeples of London, St. Paul's towering above all, and the Tower famed in English history.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  Among these there was one which attracted my mother far above all the rest.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Roger Chillingworth possessed all, or most, of the attributes above enumerated.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
4  He had not seen me then above twice, for it was before I left school.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
5  I lived rough, that you should live smooth; I worked hard, that you should be above work.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
6  At first, I kept above Blackfriars Bridge; but as the hours of the tide changed, I took towards London Bridge.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVI
7  By that time the river had lifted us a little, so that we could see above the bank.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
8  As long as her poor dear pretty was above the ground, she said, she would never desert her.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
9  Love was above all earthly considerations, and I loved Dora to idolatry, and Dora loved me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
10  Nothing seemed to have survived that time but Agnes; and she, ever a star above me, was brighter and higher.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 60. AGNES
11  The year came round to Christmas-time, and I had been at home above two months.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 62. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
12  But one face, shining on me like a Heavenly light by which I see all other objects, is above them and beyond them all.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 64. A LAST RETROSPECT
13  He could not believe that what gave such great and delicate pleasure to him, and above all to her, could be wrong.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 16
14  As for me, every word was a new heap of fetters, riveted above the last.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
15  There, in the remote heights above, a mysterious change had been accomplished.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 12
Example Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
16  Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
17  We were flying above the clouds.
18  We had to shout above the noise of the traffic.
19  The above are to report to me forthwith.
20  High mountains rise above the plain.
21  He that thinks his business below him will always be above his business.
22  Watch the monitor and tell me if the level goes above forty decibels.
23  If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.
24  Our goods compete in terms of product quality, reliability and above all variety.
25  The animal is easily distinguishable by the black stripes above its eye.
26  The climbers were clinging to a ledge hundreds of feet above the sea.
27  Their voices were very quiet, hardly above a whisper.
28  A miasma of pollution hung in the air above Mexico City.
29  Aim a little above the target.
30  The tall building towered above all the others.