EXPOSURE in a Sentence

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43 example sentences for EXPOSURE, such as:

1. My bedroom has a southern exposure.
2. He nearly died of exposure on the cold mountain.
3. Banks will seek to minimize their exposure to risk.
4. She did not want exposure to be added to desertion.
5. Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXPOSURE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exposure
 n.  risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; act of laying something open
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  He sat down at the side of the bed, tenderly asking how she was, and dwelling on the necessity of her keeping very quiet after her agitation and exposure to the weather last night.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
2  She did not want exposure to be added to desertion.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  She confined herself, or tried to confine herself, to the simple, indubitable family misery which must envelop all, if it were indeed a matter of certified guilt and public exposure.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
4  The servant of Mrs. Rushworth, the mother, had exposure in her power, and supported by her mistress, was not to be silenced.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  She saw it only as folly, and that folly stamped only by exposure.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
6  Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
7  I have no doubt that anxiety and exposure have driven him off his head.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
8  An exposure would profit me indirectly to a considerable extent.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
9  Yes, sir, I have, but the shock of this disgraceful exposure has bewildered me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
10  Pork, the only trained house negro on the place, had general supervision over the other servants, but even he had grown slack and careless after several years of exposure to Gerald's happy-go-lucky mode of living.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  They were swarthier than ever from four years' exposure to sun and storm, thinner, more wiry, and the wild black beards they brought back from the war made them seem like strangers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  But sympathy won the day, and he besought her not to expose herself: he always connected the outer air with ideas of exposure.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
13  After the severest exposure, part of the crew reached the land in their boats.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
14  His person, though muscular, was rather attenuated than full; but every nerve and muscle appeared strung and indurated by unremitted exposure and toil.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
15  Every thought filled with apprehension for the previous treasure he had concealed in the cavern, the young man started to his feet, totally regardless of the hazard he incurred by such an exposure.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
Example Sentence:
1  And, she noted, the Pentagon was still investigating troop exposure to nerve gas before and during the ground war.
2  After only a short exposure to sunlight he began to turn red.
3  Prolonged exposure to the sun can cause skin cancer.
4  There is a direct correlation between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
5  There is convincing evidence of a link between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
6  Studies indicate that the risk of developing skin cancer is significantly increased by excessive sun exposure during childhood.
7  He nearly died of exposure on the cold mountain.
8  Banks will seek to minimize their exposure to risk.
9  My bedroom has a southern exposure.
10  Even a wilderness is a safer place than exposure to such evils, terrible as storm.
11  Peterson's investment has paid off both in exposure from the media and, more importantly, attention from many members of Congress.
12  It was my first exposure to foreign cultures in festive costumes, and may have provided me early inspiration to explore distant shores.
13  Our interest in meteorite exposure ages continued for many years.
14  Scientists used a type of scan, known as positron emission tomography, to show that just one hour of exposure to second hand smoke in an enclosed area can allow nicotine to reach the brain.
15  It resolves shareholder allegations that Fannie Mae defrauded shareholders and inflated its stock by issuing false and misleading statements about its internal controls, capitalization, accounting, and exposure to subprime and low-documentation "Alt-A" mortgages.