EXPLOIT in a Sentence

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57 example sentences for EXPLOIT, such as:

1. Homeworkers can easily be exploited by employers.
2. The native population was subjugated and exploited.
3. The film exploited his image and infringed his copyright.
4. Commercial exploitation of resources threatens our survival.
5. Critics claim he exploited black musicians for personal gain.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXPLOIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exploit
 v.  make use of, sometimes unjustly
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  Planchet, emboldened by the first exploit, sprang upon Lubin; and being strong and vigorous, he soon got him on the broad of his back, and placed his knee upon his breast.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 20 THE JOURNEY
2  Besides this, as every great action bears its recompense with it, the brave exploit of d'Artagnan resulted in the restoration of the tranquility he had lost.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 41 THE SEIGE OF LA ROCHELLE
3  de Treville of the exploit of the morning, which was the talk of the whole camp.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 47 THE COUNCIL OF THE MUSKETEERS
4  It will take us a long time to go the round of the farms and exploit the men, and all the time the suitors will be wasting your estate with impunity and without compunction.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVI
5  After this exploit, I walked gently to and fro on the bed, to recover my breath and loss of spirits.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
6  It was an admirable artistic exploit, rarely achieved by the best harpooneers of the present day; inasmuch as this Leviathan was slain at the very first dart.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 82. The Honour and Glory of Whaling.
7  Besides, it would much subtract from the glory of the exploit had St. George but encountered a crawling reptile of the land, instead of doing battle with the great monster of the deep.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 82. The Honour and Glory of Whaling.
8  Proud of this exploit, Vampa took the dead animal on his shoulders, and carried him to the farm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
9  It was not a dangerous exploit for he could always pretend that he had simply looked in to ask a question.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
10  Her first exploit, which cost her immense effort and established her authority, was the packing of the carpets.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XIV
11  The animals had now reassembled in the wildest excitement, each recounting his own exploits in the battle at the top of his voice.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
12  His wife was a thin, pale, sharp kind of person with no fortune of her own, and the misfortune of having to regulate her husband's rather sordid amorous exploits.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
13  He was a very brilliant boy, and carried away every prize which the school had to offer, finished his exploits by winning a scholarship which sent him on to continue his triumphant career at Cambridge.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
14  I had intended "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" to be the last of those exploits of my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, which I should ever communicate to the public.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
15  "Well, now tell me about your exploits," said he.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
16  Critics claim he exploited black musicians for personal gain.
17  Homeworkers can easily be exploited by employers.
18  The film exploited his image and infringed his copyright.
19  He was portrayed as a ruthless opportunist who exploited the publicity at every opportunity.
20  The native population was subjugated and exploited.
21  One of the major themes of this year's festival is Africa's tortured relationship with the west, with several films making a strong case that Africa continues to be exploited.
22  Raw materials such as flint were systematically exploited, and mining started to appear.
23  This perception was exploited by Zeno in one of his famous paradoxes.
24  Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation.
25  Commercial exploitation of resources threatens our survival.
26  Conservationists in Chile are concerned over the effect of commercial exploitation of forests.
27  I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside.
28  Starvation and poverty are the result of global economic exploitation, not lack of resources.
29  Extra payments should be made to protect the interests of the staff and prevent exploitation.
30  Given the existence of resource mobility in a single country, the exploitation of comparative advantage is possible.