BERTH in a Sentence

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22 example sentences for BERTH, such as:

1. It's the best berth at Spithead.
2. She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.
3. I am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth is full.
4. They might not have to give cats wide berth for the rest of their lives.
5. At her solicitation Lyman Cass gave Champ a warm berth as night watchman.

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 Meanings and Examples of BERTH
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berth
 n.  space for ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  At her solicitation Lyman Cass gave Champ a warm berth as night watchman.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
2  All dressed and dusty as he is, Jonah throws himself into his berth, and finds the little state-room ceiling almost resting on his forehead.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
3  The lamp alarms and frightens Jonah; as lying in his berth his tormented eyes roll round the place, and this thus far successful fugitive finds no refuge for his restless glance.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
4  Ever since the blow, he had lain in his berth; but that morning, hearing the tumult on the deck, he had crept out, and thus far had watched the whole scene.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
5  He makes his berth an Aladdin's lamp, and lays him down in it; so that in the pitchiest night the ship's black hull still houses an illumination.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.
6  It's the best berth at Spithead.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
8  On descending to his berth, I found him seated upon a chest with his head sunk upon his hands, rocking himself to and fro.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
9  I had a hard enough fight to get this berth, and I am very glad to have it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
10  I am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth is full.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
11  The overseer suddenly turned lazy, and began to grow fat, as every Russian grows fat when he gets a snug berth.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  He never lent money to anyone, but I had, on entering the service, been specially recommended to him by an important personage who had got me my berth.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
13  They took rank for intelligence; even at sixteen they were already talking about a snug berth.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: III
14  But before they got in I was up in the upper berth, cornered, and sorry I come.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
15  Then they stood there, with their hands on the ledge of the berth, and talked.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
Example Sentence:
1  They might not have to give cats wide berth for the rest of their lives.
2  She gives showbiz parties a wide berth.