DISCHARGE in a Sentence

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128 example sentences for DISCHARGE, such as:

1. Sewage is discharged directly into the sea.
2. The weapon discharged when it hit the ground.
3. To each discharge he retorted with a couplet.
4. A soldier accidentally discharged his weapon.
5. He had hastened up at the sound of the discharge.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCHARGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
discharge
 v.  relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
Classic Sentence: (105 in 8 pages)
1  At each discharge, the square diminished and replied.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—THE LAST SQUARE
2  Marius decided that in a few seconds more the moment for intervention would arrive, and he raised his right hand towards the ceiling, in the direction of the corridor, in readiness to discharge his pistol.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
3  He had hastened up at the sound of the discharge.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII—MANY INTERROGATION POINTS WITH REGARD TO A C...
4  The discharge had been so violent and so dense that it had cut the staff, that is to say, the very tip of the omnibus pole.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
5  The impression produced by this first discharge was freezing.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER I—THE FLAG: ACT FIRST
6  A second discharge, similar to the first, rained down upon the barricade.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER II—THE FLAG: ACT SECOND
7  Still, he had, in a confused way, perceived that gun-barrel aimed at him, and the hand which had blocked it, and he had heard the discharge.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER
8  The men of the post had rushed out pell-mell at the sergeant's shout; the shot brought on a general random discharge, after which they reloaded their weapons and began again.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER IV—GAVROCHE'S EXCESS OF ZEAL
9  "Let us prevent the second discharge," said Enjolras.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII—THE ARTILLERY-MEN COMPEL PEOPLE TO TAKE THEM...
10  That done, they awaited the next discharge of grape-shot.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—EMPLOYMENT OF THE OLD TALENTS OF A POACHER AND...
11  At every discharge by platoons, Gavroche puffed out his cheek with his tongue, a sign of supreme disdain.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—THE SHOT WHICH MISSES NOTHING AND KILLS NO ONE
12  Before it had traversed two thirds of the street it was received by a general discharge from the barricade.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER
13  This momentary hesitation gave the insurgents time to re-load their weapons, and a second and very destructive discharge struck the company before it could regain the corner of the street, its shelter.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—DISORDER A PARTISAN OF ORDER
14  To each discharge he retorted with a couplet.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE
15  The column, forced to retreat, remained massed in the street, unprotected but terrible, and replied to the redoubt with a terrible discharge of musketry.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.
2  Too great an eagerneto discharge on obligation is a species of ingratitude.
3  Hospitals now tend to discharge patients earlier than in the past.
4  There is a local warm water to discharge from a power plant.
5  There is a local warm water discharge from a power plant that I fish at.
6  She had discharged herself against medical advice.
7  All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty.
8  She was discharged from the police force for bad conduct.
9  Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.
10  The weapon discharged when it hit the ground.
11  A soldier accidentally discharged his weapon.
12  The prisoners were discharged from the detention camp.
13  Sewage is discharged directly into the sea.
14  The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing terrorists.
15  Patients were discharged from hospital because the beds were needed by other people.