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305 example sentences for ACCORD, such as:

1. Answer a fool according to his folly.
2. He grouped students according to ability.
3. Rook pulled at the reins and started of his own accord.
4. Behave in accordance with what is expected of your age.
5. This is considered a luxury item and is priced accordingly.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCORD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
accord
 n.  settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Upon that Chichikov begged her to accord the gentleman in question a power of attorney, while, to save extra trouble, he himself would then and there compose the requisite letter.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
2  I wondered to myself what this could mean, and concluded that the recluse had been unwilling to accord me his counsel.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
3  She did not play cards, and was constantly laughing, which did not at all accord with her pale and perplexed face.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  She will come running to me of her own accord in the evening and tell me everything.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII
5  Rook pulled at the reins and started of his own accord.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
6  "It seems that there will be no need to bring Mary out, suitors are coming to us of their own accord," incautiously remarked the little princess on hearing the news.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III
7  Bagration appeared in the doorway of the anteroom without hat or sword, which, in accord with the club custom, he had given up to the hall porter.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III
8  He nodded hurriedly in reply to Chernyshev, and smiled ironically on hearing that the sovereign was inspecting the fortifications that he, Pfuel, had planned in accord with his theory.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER X
9  Heaven only knows who arranged all this and when, but it all got done as if of its own accord.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER VIII
10  The only instruction Kutuzov gave of his own accord during that report referred to looting by the Russian troops.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
11  Those who were able to get away were going of their own accord, those who remained behind decided for themselves what they must do.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXV
12  But the assignment of these various meanings to the factor does not yield results which accord with the historic facts.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II
13  And as usual nothing happened in accord with the disposition.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER IV
14  The feeling that it so evidently manifested, rather than the direct purport of the words, caused it to vibrate within all hearts, and brought the listeners into one accord of sympathy.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
15  Better to fast and pray upon it; and still better, it may be, to leave the mystery as we find it, unless Providence reveal it of its own accord.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
Example Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
16  We hope that manufacturers will take note of the findings and improve their products accordingly.
17  This is considered a luxury item and is priced accordingly.
18  The teacher was told by the researcher to regard silence as a wrong answer and to punish it accordingly.
19  The government needs to listen to the public and respond accordingly.
20  Any soldier failing to report would be considered absent without leave and punished accordingly.
21  Dictionaries are produced with specific markets in mind, and their contents vary accordingly.
22  This testimonial I accordingly received in about a month, forwarded a copy of it to Mrs. Fairfax, and got that lady's reply, stating that she was satisfied.
23  This testimonial I accordingly received in about a month, forwarded a copy of it to Mrs. Fairfax, and got that lady's reply, stating that she was satisfied, and fixing that day fortnight as the period for my assuming the post of governess in her house.
24  Behave in accordance with what is expected of your age.
25  Most people believe they conduct their private and public lives in accordance with Christian morality.
26  Use this product only in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
27  Answer a fool according to his folly.
28  He grouped students according to ability.
29  Students are all put in different groups according to their ability.
30  The teacher regraded the students into small groups according to ability.