BENEFIT in a Sentence

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264 example sentences for BENEFIT, such as:

1. I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently.
2. A stammering child can benefit from speech therapy.
3. It is said Yogo is of great benefit to human health.
4. No, because that would not benefit you in the least.
5. Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others.

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 Meanings and Examples of BENEFIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
benefit
 n.  advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
Classic Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1  When they rose she proposed to go, but Laurie said he had something more to show her, and took her away to the conservatory, which had been lighted for her benefit.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
2  The tent is for your especial benefit and that oak is your drawing room, this is the messroom and the third is the camp kitchen.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
3  I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
4  No, because that would not benefit you in the least.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
5  Oh, benefit, benefit--I would have done it whether or no.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  There is no debt, benefit, burden, obligation, in the case.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  I derived benefit from the task: it had kept my head and hands employed, and had given force and fixedness to the new impressions I wished to stamp indelibly on my heart.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  This benefit conferred gives you an unlimited claim on my gratitude, and a claim, to a certain extent, on my confidence.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  I am sure it would benefit him to talk a little about this sweet Rosamond, whom he thinks he ought not to marry: I will make him talk.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  Those who had saved my life, whom, till this hour, I had loved barrenly, I could now benefit.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  It would please and benefit me to have five thousand pounds; it would torment and oppress me to have twenty thousand; which, moreover, could never be mine in justice, though it might in law.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
14  I hope you are satisfied, Miss Cathy, that you are not the person to benefit him; and that his condition of health is not occasioned by attachment to you.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
Example Sentence: (159 in 11 pages)
16  They labour assiduously for the benefit of future generations.
17  People doing yoga benefit from an increased feeling of well-being.
18  The creation of new playgrounds will benefit the local children.
19  Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.
20  It is said Yogo is of great benefit to human health.
21  Chinese people benefit a lot from the open-up policy.
22  It is certainly worth checking up on your benefit entitlements.
23  Females and cubs clearly derive some benefit from living in groups.
24  With the benefit of hindsight , we would do things differently.
25  I feel that women in all types of employment can benefit from joining a union.
26  Not making a will can have serious consequences for the people you might wish to benefit.
27  You need to spend at least a week there to get the full benefit.
28  We have derived a great deal of benefit from her advice.
29  She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time.
30  A stammering child can benefit from speech therapy.