AFFIX in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for AFFIX, such as:

1. He affixed the sign to the wall.
2. Complete the form and affix four tokens to its back.
3. Jim's, not to be outdone, would affix bows and rosettes everywhere.
4. Each time an affix is removed the remaining stem must be checked to determine whether it is a valid word.
5. Human or animal, the mystical brow is as that great golden seal affixed by the German Emperors to their decrees.

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 Meanings and Examples of AFFIX
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
affix
 v.  fasten; append; add on; secure to something
Classic Sentence:
1  Jim's, not to be outdone, would affix bows and rosettes everywhere.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
2  Marianne's pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of; and Elinor's drawings were affixed to the walls of their sitting room.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
3  The door was then thrown open, and the general population began to come in, in a long file: several waiting outside, while one entered, affixed his signature, and went out.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
4  Human or animal, the mystical brow is as that great golden seal affixed by the German Emperors to their decrees.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
5  En route he tore off a notice affixed to a post, in order that he might the more conveniently read it after his return to the inn.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I
6  The cardinal approached the table, and without sitting down, wrote a few lines upon a parchment of which two-thirds were already filled, and affixed his seal.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
Example Sentence:
1  Complete the form and affix four tokens to its back.
2  Each time an affix is removed the remaining stem must be checked to determine whether it is a valid word.
3  First the registrar had to add on her signature to the license; then she had to affix her official seal.
4  He affixed the sign to the wall.