DRAWBACK in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for DRAWBACK, such as:

1. This strategy has its drawbacks.
2. It's one of the drawbacks of our line of business.
3. The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish.
4. Well, well,' said Mr. Bumble, 'every trade has its drawbacks.
5. The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel.

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 Meanings and Examples of DRAWBACK
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drawback
 n.  disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
Classic Sentence:
1  The only drawback was the doubt of her aunt Bertram's being comfortable without her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  Their own inclinations ascertained, there were no difficulties behind, no drawback of poverty or parent.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
3  The only drawback is that there is no law, I fear, that can touch the scoundrel.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
4  That is the only drawback which we have found to her, but we believe her to be a thoroughly good girl in every way.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
5  It seems to me to have only one drawback, Hopkins, and that is that it is intrinsically impossible.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
6  But this step too presented the same drawback of public scandal as a divorce, and what was more, a separation, quite as much as a regular divorce, flung his wife into the arms of Vronsky.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 13
7  The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
8  These, however, were small drawbacks, and easily forgotten when the cloth was cleared, and the dessert put on the table; at which period of the entertainment the handy young man was discovered to be speechless.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION
9  It's one of the drawbacks of our line of business.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
10  And he proceeded to unfold his own scheme of emancipation by means of which these drawbacks might have been avoided.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 27
11  Well, well,' said Mr. Bumble, 'every trade has its drawbacks.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  Without the co-operation of sisters and sweethearts the dresses were likely to be a failure; but on the other hand, this class of assistance was not without its drawbacks.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Example Sentence:
1  The main drawback is that the lawn could sink as the old turf rots, so you need to build it up a little higher than you might otherwise, to allow for shrinkage.
2  Brandon's satisfaction in his new job was evanescent, for he immediately began to notice its many drawbacks.
3  This strategy has its drawbacks.