AM in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for AM, such as:

1. I am rather in the dark still.
2. I am alive only when I am with you.
3. I am going to prune this bush down.
4. I am pleased that you have a new job.
5. I suppose I am the only one in the world.

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 Meanings and Examples of AM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
am
 v.  present tense first-person singular of BE
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  If I am to lodge with anyone, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  I am not strong enough yet to stand much noise or excitement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
3  You must not think I am sulky when I do that.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
4  I keep a bull pup," I said, "and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
5  I am much obliged to you for bringing us together.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
6  I suppose I am the only one in the world.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
7  They lay all the evidence before me, and I am generally able, by the help of my knowledge of the history of crime, to set them straight.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
8  He knows that I am his superior, and acknowledges it to me; but he would cut his tongue out before he would own it to any third person.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
9  I am simply applying to ordinary life a few of those precepts of observation and deduction which I advocated in that article.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
10  I am one of the hounds and not the wolf; Mr. Gregson or Mr. Lestrade will answer for that.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
11  I am afraid, Rance, that you will never rise in the force.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
12  I am rather in the dark still.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
13  Stangerson was a quiet reserved man, but his employer, I am sorry to say, was far otherwise.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
14  I am a widow, and my boy in the Navy has cost me much.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
15  If I fail I shall, of course, incur all the blame due to this omission; but that I am prepared for.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I don't feel secure when I am alone in the house.
17  I am alive only when I am with you.
18  I am not proud, also not commit tomfoolery, is tired of all depend on.
19  I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
20  I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
21  I am cought between the devil and the deep blue sea.
22  It is my own fault if I am deceived by the same man twice.
23  I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.
24  I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.
25  All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.
26  I am quite unqualified to talk on this subject.
27  I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.
28  I am going to prune this bush down.
29  I am infinitely grateful that you are in my small life.
30  I am pleased that you have a new job.