BOOK in a Sentence

Learn BOOK 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.

420 example sentences for BOOK, such as:

1. Use a book as a bee does flowers.
2. I don't know how, but the book tells.
3. The pages of this book have clung together.
4. The book has a preface written by the author.
5. The book catapulted the author into fame overnight.

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 Meanings and Examples of BOOK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
book
 n.  a written text that can be published in printed or electronic form
 v.  arrange to have a seat or room at a particular time in the future
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I don't know how, but the book tells.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
2  And Mr. Brooke laid his book on her lap with an inviting smile.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
3  Meg had a cushion, Jo a book, Beth a basket, and Amy a portfolio.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
4  "Yes, if you are good, and love your book, as the boys in the primer are told to do," said Meg, smiling.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
5  After resisting for some time, she yielded to the impulse, and armed with a book to return, went over to the big house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
6  "It's only me, Sir, come to return a book," she said blandly, as she entered.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
7  Don't spoil your book, my girl, for there is more in it than you know, and the idea is well worked out.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
8  Make a good, popular book, and get as much money as you can.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
9  The little book was brought slowly out and laid down before him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
10  John, dear, I'm ashamed to show you my book, for I've really been dreadfully extravagant lately.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
11  "Me wants me Bhaer," said the mite, slamming down her book and running to meet him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
12  She assumed an injured air as they came in, never lifted her eyes from her book, or asked a single question.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
13  "Scold as much as you like, you'll never see your silly old book again," cried Amy, getting excited in her turn.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
14  Jo's book was the pride of her heart, and was regarded by her family as a literary sprout of great promise.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
15  I retired to a window-seat, and taking a book from a table near, endeavoured to read.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  It's a huge book, not something you'd like to lug around.
17  Use a book as a bee does flowers.
18  The book has a preface written by the author.
19  The book catapulted the author into fame overnight.
20  This is a book that displays the considerable scholarship of its author.
21  The book was translated without the sanction of the author.
22  The book was translated by a well-known author.
23  In this book, the author surveys recent developments in linguistics.
24  The views expressed in this book are purely those of the author.
25  The book's hero is a self-portrait of the author.
26  The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history.
27  The book is a work of fiction and not intended as a historical account.
28  A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.
29  He had the satisfaction of seeing his book become a best-seller.
30  The pages of this book have clung together.