CIRCUIT in a Sentence

Learn CIRCUIT 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.

35 example sentences for CIRCUIT, such as:

1. He was making his circuit to Chastelar.
2. The circuit of the city walls is three miles.
3. Then he made the circuit of the basin once more.
4. The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.
5. She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness.

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 Meanings and Examples of CIRCUIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
circuit
 n.  electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  To keep out of range of the revealing rays from within he made a circuit through the untrodden snow and gradually approached the farther angle of the basement wall.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  But the fagged whale abated his speed, and blindly altering his course, went round the stern of the ship towing the two boats after him, so that they performed a complete circuit.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
3  So saying the honest but implacable scout made the circuit of the dead, into whose senseless bosoms he thrust his long knife, with as much coolness as though they had been so many brute carcasses.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
4  Again the scout and his companions made the circuit of the halting place, each slowly following the other, until they assembled in the center once more, no wiser than when they started.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
5  He continued, therefore, to stray from hut to hut, looking into each only to encounter additional disappointment, until he had made the entire circuit of the village.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24
6  Tom, whose fetters did not prevent his taking a moderate circuit, had drawn near the side of the boat, and stood listlessly gazing over the railing.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  "On the whole, Augustine, I think your talents might do for a circuit rider," said Alfred, laughing.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  Another walk made the circuit of the garden, and skirted the white wall which enclosed it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
9  He was making his circuit to Chastelar.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
10  So far in this book the Thenardiers have been viewed only in profile; the moment has arrived for making the circuit of this couple, and considering it under all its aspects.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—TWO COMPLETE PORTRAITS
11  Then he made the circuit of the basin once more.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY
12  He made a circuit, reached the Rue de Bethisy, and directed his course towards the Halles.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS
13  Proceeding from circuit to circuit, he reached a lane which he judged to be the Rue de la Poterie; near the middle of this street, he came in contact with an obstacle.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER I—FROM THE RUE PLUMET TO THE QUARTIER SAINT-DENIS
14  A sponge has no more partitions and ducts than the mound of earth for a circuit of six leagues round about, on which rests the great and ancient city.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
15  Unscrupulous as it was, however, it could not bring them nearer than a circuit of several yards.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
Example Sentence:
1  She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness.
2  The circuit of the city walls is three miles.
3  The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit.
4  The accuracy of equivalent circuit method can be effectively improved if the calculation of PM leakage permeance is accurate.
5  There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
6  But, on rare occasions, microscopic metal particles can lead to a short circuit within the cell, causing overheating and potentially flames.
7  He introduced the closed circuit of oscillation into wireless telegraphy, and was one of the first to send electric waves in definite directions.
8  But, on rare occasions, in their words, microscopic metal particles can lead to a short circuit within the cell, causing overheating and potentially flames and that is a sober statement for anyone using a Sony-powered computer.
9  To avoid the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route.
10  For a long time, I bought into this anti-circle bias; and while I often strayed from the straight and narrow, I always chalked up my circuitous path to personal shortcomings.