ACCORDANCE in a Sentence

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305 example sentences for ACCORDANCE, such as:

1. I am in accord with your plan.
2. He decided to go of his own accord.
3. Answer a fool according to his folly.
4. He grouped students according to ability.
5. Such an act would not be in accord with our policy.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCORDANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
accordance
 n.  concurrence of opinion
 n.  the act of granting rights
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As to any other kind of discipline, whether addressed to her mind or heart, little Pearl might or might not be within its reach, in accordance with the caprice that ruled the moment.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
2  His inward trouble drove him to practices more in accordance with the old, corrupted faith of Rome than with the better light of the church in which he had been born and bred.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
3  As the life and good fame of yonder man were in your hands there seemed no choice to me, save to be silent in accordance with your behest.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
4  And he will calmly and punctually act in accordance with his words.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 23
5  He had bachelor tastes, and it was in accordance with them that he shaped his life.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 7
6  "By such a course only shall I be acting in accordance with the dictates of religion," he told himself.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 13
7  Anna had arrived in Petersburg early in the morning; the carriage had been sent to meet her in accordance with her telegram, and so Alexey Alexandrovitch might have known of her arrival.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 23
8  Let us try to look upon the labor force not as an abstract force, but as the Russian peasant with his instincts, and we shall arrange our system of culture in accordance with that.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 28
9  He saw the possibility of looking men in the face again without shame, and he could live in accordance with his own habits.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 23
10  One or two of the men wandered off in search of their partners for supper, and the others, noticing Selden's approach, gave way to him in accordance with the tacit freemasonry of the ball-room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
11  After breakfast Carol bustled to a hair-dresser's, bought gloves and a blouse, and importantly met Kennicott in front of an optician's, in accordance with plans laid down, revised, and verified.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  accordance with the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  Of this scene, so chillingly in accordance with the past, Duncan stood for many minutes a rapt observer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
14  The disguises the party had assumed were in accordance with the hints of Tom Loker.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
15  We think that we have here reproduced the thing in strict accordance with the text.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
Example Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
16  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.
17  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.
18  I am in accord with your plan.
19  Botanists are not in complete accord about how many species exist.
20  The accord also lays down guidelines for the conduct of American drug enforcement agents.
21  He decided to go of his own accord.
22  What he has just said does not accord with the views of the majority.
23  Such an act would not be in accord with our policy.
24  The club members voted with one accord to raise the dues.
25  There was a silence as the women turned with one accord to stare at Doreen.
26  Although the accord is a small step forward, politicians around the world have their work cut out for them.
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.