EXCESS in a Sentence

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177 example sentences for EXCESS, such as:

1. You can throw away any excess.
2. She takes an excessive interest in clothes.
3. You should not demand such an excessive charge.
4. Heavy rain and excessive use have impoverished the soil.
5. The government says that local authority spending is excessive.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXCESS
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excess
 n.  amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; surplus
Classic Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
1  It was not joy only that possessed me; I felt my flesh tingle with excess of sensitiveness, and my pulse beat rapidly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  But this was a luxury of sensation that could not endure; I became fatigued with excess of bodily exertion and sank on the damp grass in the sick impotence of despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  This passion is detrimental to me, for you do not reflect that YOU are the cause of its excess.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  The agonies of remorse poison the luxury there is otherwise sometimes found in indulging the excess of grief.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
5  But the overflowing misery I now felt, and the excess of agitation that I endured rendered me incapable of any exertion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
6  I had cast off all feeling, subdued all anguish, to riot in the excess of my despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  Elinor saw, with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and cherished.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
8  By their uncertain light she thought she could discern it to be drawn by four horses; and this, while it told the excess of her poor mother's alarm, gave some explanation to such unexpected rapidity.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43
9  I had been doing this, in an excess of attention to his recital.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
10  That we, the neophytes, might have an excess of light shining upon us all at once, orders were given to let out Twenty Eight.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
11  By gymnastics and careful attention to his health he had brought himself to such a point that in spite of his excess in pleasure he looked as fresh as a big glossy green Dutch cucumber.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 1
12  The point which we consider it our duty to note is, that outside of and beyond his faith, as it were, the Bishop possessed an excess of love.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
13  Whether there had not been an excess of weights in one balance of the scale, in the one which contains expiation.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
14  I repeat, brothers, I repeat, no zeal, no hubbub, no excess; even in witticisms, gayety, jollities, or plays on words.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
15  You are fond of apple turnovers, ladies; do not indulge in them to excess.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
Example Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
16  Therefore, base excess reflects an abnormality in the buffer base concentration.
17  You can throw away any excess.
18  It would also offer an indemnity against losses in excess of 0.1 percentage point on all outstanding loans.
19  This allows the layers to fully adhere to each other and excess moisture to evaporate from the soap.
20  He said people should stop talking down the economy and end the excess of fear.
21  Don't bore your audience with excess verbiage: be succinct.
22  The many manufacturers glut the market and could not find purchasers for the excess articles they have produced.
23  Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force.
24  It says that sometimes we have excess capacity, and sometimes we overtax capacity, but on average we get it right.
25  The government says that local authority spending is excessive.
26  Heavy rain and excessive use have impoverished the soil.
27  You should not demand such an excessive charge.
28  The police vigorously denied that excessive force had been used.
29  Studies indicate that the risk of developing skin cancer is significantly increased by excessive sun exposure during childhood.
30  She takes an excessive interest in clothes.