FIND in a Sentence

Learn FIND 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.

420 example sentences for FIND, such as:

1. Morning would break and find him there.
2. We find advertising on the radio very effective.
3. You shall find me as stubborn as you can be artful.
4. Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
5. The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
find
 v.  get something or somebody for a specific purpose
 v.  make a discovery, make a new finding
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
2  During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blamable.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  But I journey towards England, and I may there find consolation.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  Light, feeling, and sense will pass away; and in this condition must I find my happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  In this house I chanced to find a volume of the works of Cornelius Agrippa.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  She couldn't find him from the top of the steps, and he wasn't on the veranda.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  Half an hour later Daisy herself telephoned and seemed relieved to find that I was coming.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  I disliked him so much by this time that I didn't find it necessary to tell him he was wrong.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  In truth, he was startled, if not shocked, to find this attribute in the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
11  Morning would break and find him there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
12  You will find a happy, cheerful home and friends who love you dearly.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
13  Marianne was rejoiced to find her sister so easily pleased.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
14  Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
15  You shall find me as stubborn as you can be artful.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I could not find my pencil because it was covered up by the newspapers.
17  The climbers tried to find a new route to the top of the mountain.
18  The best that we find in our travel is an honest friend.
19  A major search is under way to find the escaped prisoners.
20  I can understand why astronauts find it difficult to readjust to life on earth.
21  Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
22  On my days off, you'll usually find me out in the back garden.
23  We find advertising on the radio very effective.
24  I cannot find my watch;I must have lost it.
25  It makes you want to watch the next episode to find out what's going to happen.
26  He that has a tongue in his head may find his way anywhere.
27  We must find a way to resolve these problems before it's too late.
28  We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
29  The UK should find another weapon to fill the same role.
30  The democracies of the West may find it hard to shore up their defences.