AT in a Sentence

Learn AT 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.

404 example sentences for AT, such as:

1. Long looked for comes at last.
2. Wash your dirty linen at home.
3. These rivers join at that town.
4. I went to bed at my usual time.
5. It is good to be merry at meal.

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 Meanings and Examples of AT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
at
 ad.  to indicate presence or occurrence in, on, or near
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "Don't look at me," Daisy retorted.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  Her host looked at her incredulously.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  She looked at us all radiantly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  I love to see you at my table, Nick.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  She looked at me and laughed pointlessly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  He looked at me with more attention.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  "Look at this," said Gatsby quickly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  The day of my departure at length arrived.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  Gatsby looked at me questioningly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  We were at a particularly tipsy table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  I'm under no obligations to you at all.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
12  Tom and I looked at each other blankly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  But Daisy guessed at his intention.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
14  I looked at my watch and stood up.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
15  She looked also at her slumbering child.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  Dirty linen should be washed at home.
17  It is good to be merry at meal.
18  Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
19  He that is angry is seldom at ease.
20  Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
21  A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
22  Every dog is valiant at his own door.
23  Wash your dirty linen at home.
24  Long looked for comes at last.
25  Her attitude is imperious at times.
26  We beat our opponents at football.
27  I went to bed at my usual time.
28  Things were pretty tough at first.
29  These rivers join at that town.
30  He studied town planning at college.