CHARITY in a Sentence

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114 example sentences for CHARITY, such as:

1. The subject of his sermon was charity.
2. His charity bespeaks a generous nature.
3. The Red Cross is an international charity.
4. The National Trust is a registered charity.
5. Newspaper reports showed him little charity.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHARITY
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charity
 n.  activity or gift that benefits the public at large
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  The next he addressed was a man who had been haranguing a large assembly for a whole hour on the subject of charity.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In III
2  Candide, amazed at all he had suffered and still more with the charity of the old woman, wished to kiss her hand.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  You see," said Candide to Martin on the way, "we supped with six dethroned kings, and of those six there was one to whom I gave charity.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVII
4  The subject of his sermon was charity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
5  When it was a question of charity, he was not to be rebuffed even by a refusal, and on such occasions he gave utterance to remarks which induced reflection.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
6  A member of the Convention produced on him somewhat the effect of being outside the pale of the law, even of the law of charity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
7  She had always been predestined to gentleness; but faith, charity, hope, those three virtues which mildly warm the soul, had gradually elevated that gentleness to sanctity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—PRUDENCE COUNSELLED TO WISDOM.
8  As soon as that sum was spent, the Thenardiers grew accustomed to look on the little girl merely as a child whom they were caring for out of charity; and they treated her accordingly.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—THE LARK
9  Father Madeleine had him conveyed to an infirmary which he had established for his workmen in the factory building itself, and which was served by two sisters of charity.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
10  Madeleine, on the recommendation of the sisters of charity and of his priest, got the good man a place as gardener in a female convent in the Rue Saint-Antoine in Paris.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VII—FAUCHELEVENT BECOMES A GARDENER IN PARIS
11  The two nuns who performed the services of nurse in the infirmary, Lazariste ladies, like all sisters of charity, bore the names of Sister Perpetue and Sister Simplice.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE
12  Sister Perpetue was an ordinary villager, a sister of charity in a coarse style, who had entered the service of God as one enters any other service.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE
13  , his consideration, his good name, his good works, the deference and veneration paid to him, his charity, his wealth, his popularity, his virtue, would be seasoned with a crime.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
14  It is rare that charity and pity are the outcome of these words.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
15  You see, sir, we do not ask charity, and we cannot bestow it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
Example Sentence: (52 in 4 pages)
16  The Red Cross is an international charity.
17  We were very pleased with the high level of participation in the charity events.
18  The local council has organized a two-mile fun run for charity.
19  The work of the charity has been widely publicized throughout the media.
20  An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
21  The National Trust is a registered charity.
22  His charity bespeaks a generous nature.
23  Newspaper reports showed him little charity.
24  The actress now dedicates herself to children's charity work.
25  He's thrown up his job and gone off to Africa to work for a children's charity.
26  They went on a ten-mile walk to raise money for charity.
27  Every year we have charity days to raise money for unfortunate people.
28  Since retiring from the company, she has done voluntary work for a charity.
29  A dark, intense, semi-smiling stare, as if the sprig of white heather was not charity but compulsory.
30  This charity aims to help people help themselves.