ERRAND in a Sentence

Learn ERRAND 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.

73 example sentences for ERRAND, such as:

1. He was tired of running errands for his sister.
2. She made her brother run some little errands for her.
3. I seemed to spend my life running errands for people.
4. Rebecca retired to communicate to Ivanhoe the result of her errand.
5. Strange that such a piece of idling should have seemed an important errand.

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 Meanings and Examples of ERRAND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
errand
 n.  short trip taken to perform a specified task; mission; embassy
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1  In that case, dear Lanyon, do my errand when it shall be most convenient for you in the course of the day; and once more expect my messenger at midnight.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
2  Assuredly," said Wamba, "fool as I am, I shall not do your fool's errand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
3  Begone, then; and if thou wilt do mine errand, and if thou return hither when it is done, thou shalt see Saxon flesh cheap as ever was hog's in the shambles of Sheffield.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
4  Rebecca retired to communicate to Ivanhoe the result of her errand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
5  Fanny was up in a moment, expecting some errand; for the habit of employing her in that way was not yet overcome, in spite of all that Edmund could do.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  I came to look for you, and after waiting a little while in hope of your coming in, was making use of your inkstand to explain my errand.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  And he looked so conscious, that Fanny could think but of one errand, which turned her too sick for speech.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
8  Mr. Bumble no sooner uttered Oliver's name, in explanation of his errand, than Mrs. Bedwin, who had been listening at the parlour door, hastened into the passage in a breathless state.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  It is growing late, and I have to reach home without suspicion of having been on such an errand as this.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  She goes abroad to-night,' said Fagin, 'and on the right errand, I'm sure; for she has been alone all day, and the man she is afraid of will not be back much before daybreak.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
12  Strange that such a piece of idling should have seemed an important errand.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 1 Tidings of the Comer
13  The boy started on his errand, and soon came back with the water, such as it was.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
14  If you could send her into the cellar on some errand, and then turn the key upon her, you would facilitate matters immensely.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
15  A clever man upon so delicate an errand has no use for a beard save to conceal his features.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Example Sentence:
1  Because his errand is a secret one, we need lock all his records until his returning.
2  She made her brother run some little errands for her.
3  He was tired of running errands for his sister.
4  I seemed to spend my life running errands for people.