FENCE in a Sentence

Learn FENCE 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.

223 example sentences for FENCE, such as:

1. He kicked a hole in the fence.
2. I ripped my jeans on the fence.
3. The dog made a leap over the fence.
4. Cut the bushes even with the fence.
5. A high fence ringed the prison camp.

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 Meanings and Examples of FENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fence
 n.  upright structure, typically of wood, enclosing an area of ground to mark a boundary
Classic Sentence: (169 in 12 pages)
1  They turned in at the gate and passed under the shaded knoll where, enclosed in a low fence, the Frome grave-stones slanted at crazy angles through the snow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He drew the sled up to the Varnum gate and rested it against the fence.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  He backed his big red horse and then, putting spurs to his side, lifted him easily over the split rail fence into the soft field of Gerald O'Hara's plantation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Across the road, in the pasture, the horses, mules and cows stood quietly with heads over the split-rail fence, waiting to be driven to the stables and supper.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The big horse reached the fence, gathered himself and soared over as effortlessly as a bird, his rider yelling enthusiastically, his crop beating the air, his white curls jerking out behind him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  The neat wooden-paneled fence had been newly painted white and the front yard it inclosed was yellow starred with the last jonquils of the season.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  Your mother agreed, providing he was able to jump the pasture fence, for, she said, there would be a lot of rough riding to be done in the army.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
8  The split-rail fence around the kitchen garden had been demolished and the once orderly rows of green plants had suffered the same treatment as those at Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  They leaned over the fence rail to shake hands with Scarlett when she called and they laughed at her rickety wagon, their black eyes bitter, for they were laughing at themselves as well as her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
10  "I swear I don't know what to do with myself now that my darlings are gone," said Mrs. Tarleton, climbing down from the fence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
11  Someone had to nurse him and that meant one less worker at the business of fence building, hoeing, weeding and plowing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
12  When he suddenly released her she felt that she could not stand alone and gripped the fence for support.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  He leaned over her with a sudden savagery which made her shrink back against the fence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
14  He must have jumped the fence right over there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  It had a high mansard roof with a picket fence on top and a tower made of fancy shingles at each end.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence: (54 in 4 pages)
16  He hurdled a fence and went into her yard.
17  The little boy picked up a stone and bunged it over the fence into the courtyard of his neighbour.
18  A high fence ringed the prison camp.
19  The dog leapt forward,but it failed to clear the fence.
20  Cut the bushes even with the fence.
21  The dog made a leap over the fence.
22  The cattle got out of the field through an opening in the fence.
23  Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car.
24  Protesters cut a hole in the perimeter fence.
25  He kicked a hole in the fence.
26  The house is encircled by a high fence.
27  The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers.
28  I ripped my jeans on the fence.
29  The fence is strategically sited to prevent anyone getting onto the beach.
30  The fox burrowed under the fence to reach the chickens.