ARGUE in a Sentence

Learn ARGUE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

237 example sentences for ARGUE, such as:

1. And I shouldn't argue with them.
2. It is absurd to argue about this.
3. Connie didn't really want to argue.
4. I never even try to argue with her.
5. She tried to argue the matter away.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARGUE
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argue
 v.  invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow an opinion; debate
Classic Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1  Now, Pitty, I haven't time to argue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Now, Melly, I shall cry with vexation if you argue with me.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  It was useless for the girls to argue hotly that such conduct humiliated the soldiers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
4  Rather than argue the matter, Scarlett turned the parlor with its deep velvet rug into a dormitory.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  Scarlett did not argue the matter, much as she preferred to ride, for she wished no disagreement with Mammy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  Well, I knew it would take you back and I just want to ask you, Scarlett, don't you argue with her about it or scold her or laugh at her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
7  I never even try to argue with her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
8  Well, I'm not going to argue about this in any way, shape, manner, or form.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  And I shouldn't argue with them.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  But while now upon so wide a field thus variously accomplished and with such liveliness of expertness in him, too; all this would seem to argue some uncommon vivacity of intelligence.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.
11  Not knowing what to make of this, she began to argue with the conductor, in a language of which he did not understand a word.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  You must keep at the poor fellow; you must hold your temper, and argue with him, and watch for your chance to stick an idea or two into his head.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30
13  They can put those events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will come to pass.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
14  Had not the arrival of the Grand Master been so unexpectedly sudden, he would have seen nothing at Templestowe which might have appeared to argue any relaxation of discipline.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  Connie didn't really want to argue.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
16  I don't think many people would argue with that.
17  They sometimes argue off for hours.
18  Don't argue with me, every word comes out of your mouth would be the solid evidence of hurting me.
19  It is absurd to argue about this.
20  She tried to argue the matter away.
21  Environmentalists argue that more goods should be transported by rail.
22  Critics of government policy argue that the new measures introduced to fight crime are simply papering over the cracks.
23  Three considerations argue against increasing fee.
24  Jack would argue and eff all day long.
25  Gallacher continued to argue with the referee throughout the game.
26  At first he was opposed to the scheme, but we managed to argue him round.
27  These arguments may have been used as a rhetorical device to argue for a perpetuation of a United Nations role.
28  Mike gave him such a severe look he didn't dare argue.
29  To argue with him is like beating the air.
30  It was basically a selfish act, though no doubt a sophist would argue that it was done for the general good.