DO in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for DO, such as:

1. Aye, my dear, that I do, indeed.
2. He has the ability to do the work.
3. My dear Victor, do not speak thus.
4. We do not allow smoking in the hall.
5. Riches do not always bring happiness.

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 Meanings and Examples of DO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
do
 v.  carry on or bring to an end
 v.  be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  My dear Victor, do not speak thus.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
2  I know you didn't mean to but you did do it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  I had nothing to do in the hall so I went into the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
4  "I do leave it alone," affirmed the accused hollowly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  "Don't do it today," Gatsby answered.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  "I can't do it--I can't get mixed up in it," he said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
7  "I do verily believe it," answered the clergyman.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
8  What art can do, I have exhausted on him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
9  "I would not wish to do any thing mean," he replied.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
10  You know enough of him to do justice to his solid worth.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
11  I do not want to pry into other men's concerns.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
12  "I do not understand you," replied he, colouring.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
13  I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
14  I do not like ruined, tattered cottages.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
15  Aye, my dear, that I do, indeed.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  We do not allow smoking in the hall.
17  Riches do not always bring happiness.
18  I am in a dilemma whether to do maths or English.
19  To say is one thing; to do is quite another.
20  The two families do not contact with each other any more.
21  I wouldn't want to do anything to displease him.
22  He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything.
23  I'll never do anything so stupid again.
24  Like does not appear, it appears people do not like.
25  Do unto others as you would have them do to you.
26  It would be unthinkable to ask him to do that.
27  Ask Neil to do it — he's a dab hand at carpentry.
28  We should do our utmost to achieve our goal in life.
29  He will do anything short of murder to achieve his ends.
30  He has the ability to do the work.