CHECK in a Sentence

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330 example sentences for CHECK, such as:

1. He took out a blank check.
2. This check is payable on demand.
3. I'll go and check it out immediately.
4. Please check your flight timings carefully.
5. Please check that these details are correct.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHECK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
check
 v.  make certain that something or someone is correct, safe, or suitable by examining quickly
 v.  stop someone from doing or saying something
Classic Sentence: (191 in 13 pages)
1  So great was his emotion, that I felt sincerely sorry for him, while the two detectives smiled derisively, by no means displeased at this check which he had met.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
3  I gave in the check myself, and said I had every reason to believe it was a forgery.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
4  She walked out directly, as her uncle recommended, and followed his advice throughout, as far as she could; did check her tears; did earnestly try to compose her spirits and strengthen her mind.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
5  'Master of the workhouse,' rejoined Mr. Bumble, slowly and impressively, to check any undue familiarity the stranger might otherwise assume.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
6  'Young Bates,' said Kags, looking angrily round, to check the fear he felt himself.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
7  Clym ran to her side, and found he could only check the rope by twisting the loose part round the upright post, when it stopped with a jerk.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
8  Do not dream of going, Watson, for I very much prefer having a witness, if only as a check to my own memory.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
9  With a dazed face the banker made out the required check.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
10  I could only check it by finding if she had, indeed, instituted divorce proceedings against her husband at or about the time of the tragedy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Man on the Tor
11  The recital of these events must be very painful to you, and perhaps it will make it easier if I tell you what occurred, and you can check me if I make any material mistake.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
12  I gave her a check, and I never thought any more of the matter.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
13  He wore an open jacket, with a splotch of tar on the sleeve, a red-and-black check shirt, dungaree trousers, and heavy boots badly worn.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
14  But, fortunately, Musgrave, who had begun to appreciate the meaning of my proceedings, and who was now as excited as myself, took out his manuscript to check my calculation.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
15  Your check book is locked in my drawer, and you have not asked for the key.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
Example Sentence: (139 in 10 pages)
16  Please check your answers with those in the back of the book.
17  Passengers are requested to check in two hours before the flight.
18  You have to scrupulously check and cross-check everything you hear.
19  Please check that these details are correct.
20  He was careful enough to check up every detail.
21  Only the united struggles of the people of the world can check aggression and save peace.
22  He took out a blank check.
23  Please check your flight timings carefully.
24  I'll go and check it out immediately.
25  There are a few things you should check before pressing the shutter release.
26  She gave me the minutes of the meeting to read and check.
27  It should have been a simple matter to check.
28  This check is payable on demand.
29  The doctor told him to strip down for a check.
30  The policy tried to check the exponential growth of public expenditure.