BOLT in a Sentence

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111 example sentences for BOLT, such as:

1. Don't forget to bolt the door.
2. The door had no inside bolt or bar.
3. The bolt slid easily into the groove.
4. Jack was set to bolt out the front door.
5. He shoot the bolt as soon as he came in.

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 Meanings and Examples of BOLT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bolt
 v.  dash or dart off; move or jump suddenly
Classic Sentence: (89 in 6 pages)
1  His face flushed scarlet and he sat bolt upright.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
2  The gate was locked, but she shook the rusted bolt till it was loosened, and the gate opened; and little Gerda ran off barefooted into the wide world.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
3  Then Gretel gave her a push that drove her far into it, and shut the iron door, and fastened the bolt.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
4  Rose-red went and pushed back the bolt, thinking that it was a poor man, but it was not; it was a bear that stretched his broad, black head within the door.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
5  The count and Franz ascended seven or eight steps after the chief, who drew back a bolt and opened a door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
6  He drew back the bolt of his door, and almost directly an old lady entered, unannounced, carrying her shawl on her arm, and her bonnet in her hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran.
7  He double locked it, took the key, returned to the bedroom door, removed the double staple of the bolt, and went in.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 82. The Burglary.
8  A bolt grated and Danglars was a prisoner.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 114. Peppino.
9  Springing forward he drew the bolt and threw the door open.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
10  At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad enough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
11  The door had no inside bolt or bar.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  'There's a bolt at the top, you won't be able to reach,' interposed Toby.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  At last however about two in the morning, I suddenly heard the gentle sound of a bolt being pushed back and the creaking of a key.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
14  If you hear anyone come, bolt it on the inside, and we can get away as we came.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
15  Nevertheless, he deluded himself at first; he had a feeling of security and of solitude; the bolt once drawn, he thought himself impregnable; the candle extinguished, he felt himself invisible.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  Other insurers will allow you to bolt on critical illness cover to standard life cover.
2  The news of his death was a bolt from the blue.
3  Don't forget to bolt the door.
4  The bolt slid easily into the groove.
5  The safety belt is easy to fit as there's no need to bolt it to seat belt anchorage points.
6  A fool's bolt may sometimes hit the mark.
7  A frightened rabbit will bolt for its hole.
8  The bolt is worn and not an exact fit but it will serve its turn until I can buy a new one.
9  He shoot the bolt as soon as he came in.
10  The nursery teacher made the children sit bolt upright.
11  Jack was set to bolt out the front door.
12  The carpenter shut the workshop door, sliding the heavy metal bolt into place.
13  The exertion spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.
14  It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.
15  When he saw the police arrive, he bolted down an alley.