GANG in a Sentence

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78 example sentences for GANG, such as:

1. The bank was robbed by a gang of bandits.
2. The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.
3. , a murder was committed by a gang of burglars.
4. The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
5. The gang decided to shoot it out with the police.

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 Meanings and Examples of GANG
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gang
 n.  group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; herd of buffalo or elk
Classic Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  But she had no qualms in trusting him with a convict gang.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
2  My gang is my own business-- And you haven't told me yet what you do in New Orleans.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
3  It was a glorious spree for the gang which had Georgia by the throat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
4  Bogart, a boy of fourteen who was still at home, the most brazen member of the toughest gang in Boytown.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  I suppose I'd be tickled to death if I was invited to sit in with that gang.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  My gang were a great bunch for bumming around and raising Cain.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
7  , a murder was committed by a gang of burglars.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In VII
8  That was Thursday; and all the rest of the week the killing gang at Brown's worked at full pressure, and Jurgis cleared a dollar seventy-five every day.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  This was called "speeding up the gang," and if any man could not keep up with the pace, there were hundreds outside begging to try.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  Now and then Jurgis camped out with a gang of them in some woodland haunt, and foraged with them in the neighborhood at night.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
11  Jurgis joined a gang and worked from dawn till dark, eighteen hours a day, for two weeks without a break.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
12  Then one day late in August, a superintendent ran into the place and shouted to Jurgis and his gang to drop their work and come.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
13  Jurgis and his gang joined in the sport, every man singling out his victim, and striving to bring him to bay and punch him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
14  The gang having already got the carcass on to the truck, the party set out at a trot, followed by screams and curses, and a shower of bricks and stones from unseen enemies.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
15  Often and often she walked mournfully round the place where Haley's gang of men and women sat in their chains.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  An armed gang barged onto the train and began hacking and shooting anyone in sight.
2  The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.
3  The bank was robbed by a gang of bandits.
4  Residents said local gang leaders had cashed in on the violence to seize valuable land.
5  Much of the violence is related to drugs and gang warfare.
6  The phone box was vandalized by a gang of youths.
7  A gang of council workmen has been digging a hole in the road.
8  The presence of an armed gang added a major complication.
9  The parents have denied that their son is a gang member.
10  Residents are concerned about growing gang activity in the neighborhood.
11  A gang of youths were loitering outside the cinema.
12  The police suspected her of fronting for a gang of forgers.
13  The gang tied up the security guard and put a gag in his mouth.
14  A drug-related gang war led to a series of shootings in the city.
15  The gang decided to shoot it out with the police.