CORE in a Sentence

Learn CORE 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.

45 example sentences for CORE, such as:

1. Manilov's heart was moved to the core.
2. The core of the city is a series of ancient squares.
3. Obviously, this animation is at the core of our relationship.
4. It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.
5. He was hopeless at the very core of him, and he wanted to be hopeless.

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 Meanings and Examples of CORE
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core
 n.  basic, center, or most important part; essence
Classic Sentence:
1  About the core of her being, a shell of hardness had formed and, little by little, layer by layer, the shell had thickened during the endless months.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
2  Sleep had refreshed her and given her strength and from the cold hard core at the bottom of her heart, she drew courage.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
3  They were the eyes of a happy woman, a woman around whom storms might blow without ever ruffling the serene core of her being.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
4  Time, however, overgrew this softness with the rough bark of manhood, and but few knew how living and fresh it still lay at the core.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
5  He was hopeless at the very core of him, and he wanted to be hopeless.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  But it took some getting at, the core of the physical jungle, the last and deepest recess of organic shame.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
7  Manilov's heart was moved to the core.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
8  "He is mean to the core," remarked Sobakevitch coldly.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
9  I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ELEVEN
10  The core and kernel of yesterday's great noon meeting, in honour of the Brotherhood of Man, in Music Hall, was the superb address of the Negro President of Tuskegee.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
11  Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  It echoed loudly within him because he was hollow at the core.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  The core of the city is a series of ancient squares.
17  A hard core of supporters, mostly teenage girls, gathered at the airport to see the star arrive.
18  Instruments on board include the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer which will analyse the chemical composition of the comet nucleus - the icy core in the head of the comet.
19  Instruments on board will analyze the chemical composition of the comet nucleus - the icy core in the head of the comet.
20  Washington announced its decision to dissolve the core group of nations, the US, India, Japan and Australia, it would assemble to deliver aid.
21  In a fast neutron reactor, this process is optimized so that it can breed fuel, often using a depleted uranium blanket around the core.
22  Whereas overseas companies have been shedding activities that are not related to their core competence, Indian companies seem to be going the other way.
23  Washington announced its decision to dissolve the core group of nations - the US, India, Japan and Australia - it had assembled to deliver aid.
24  We use this maneuver tactic as a core for a lot of our operational procedures.
25  Obviously, this animation is at the core of our relationship.
26  The concept that matter and energy are inter-convertible strikes to the core of the universe, probably exceeds in grandeur any other picture the field of physical science.
27  Besides, there was such unchanged love in his whole look and mien -- I forgave him all: yet not in words, not outwardly; only at my heart's core.
28  The higher velocity fluid around the core of the vortex is at a lower pressure than the fluid circulating farther away.
29  The main cause is not having enough fluids in your body to keep your core temperature down.
30  But at the core is a story about two men who can't let go of the sense that they are dreaming their way through what might be an ultimately meaningless life.