GAVE in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for GAVE, such as:

1. He gave us a negative answer.
2. He gave me an ambiguous answer.
3. I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
4. The answer he gave was quite surprising.
5. The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.

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 Meanings and Examples of GAVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gave
 v.  past tense of GIVE
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The night was perfectly still, and the air so dry and pure that it gave little sensation of cold.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Denis laughed, and gave the horse a cut that brought him quickly abreast of her retreating figure.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  But now all desire for change had vanished, and the sight of the little enclosure gave him a warm sense of continuance and stability.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
4  The kitchen was a poor place, not "spruce" and shining as his mother had kept it in his boyhood; but it was surprising what a homelike look the mere fact of Zeena's absence gave it.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
5  The cat rubbed itself ingratiatingly against her, and she said "Good Pussy," stooped to stroke it and gave it a scrap of meat from her plate.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
6  She gave him a last nod of sympathy while her son chirped to the horse; and Ethan, as she drove off, stood in the middle of the road and stared after the retreating sleigh.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
7  Across its frozen surface, from the farther bank, a single hill rising against the western sun threw the long conical shadow which gave the lake its name.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
8  Thus appealed to, Jeems gave up further pretense of not having overheard the conversation and furrowed his black brow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
9  He hadn't been in Atlanta more than twice since the house party he gave last year at Twelve Oaks.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
10  Gerald helped his wife into the carriage and gave orders to the coachman to drive carefully.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  James and Andrew listened to his story patiently but they gave him little encouragement.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
13  These people, drawn from many different places and with many different backgrounds, gave the whole life of the County an informality that was new to Ellen, an informality to which she never quite accustomed herself.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
14  This certainty of the morrow gave zest and enthusiasm to life, and the County people enjoyed life with a heartiness that Ellen could never understand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
15  She quickly brought order, dignity and grace into Gerald's household, and she gave Tara a beauty it had never had before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
17  On summer evenings the flowers gave forth an almost intoxicating scent.
18  He gave a brief analysis of the present economic situation.
19  The animal gave a pathetic little whimper.
20  The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.
21  She gave me a straightfor - ward answer.
22  The manager bethought himself a moment and gave me an answer.
23  He gave me an ambiguous answer.
24  I asked her the time but she gave no answer.
25  He gave us a negative answer.
26  He gave me a lot of flannel but I still don't know the answer to my question.
27  The spokesman never gave a direct answer to any question of the reporters.
28  The answer he gave was quite surprising.
29  I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.
30  Mike gave him such a severe look he didn't dare argue.