GUIDE in a Sentence

Learn GUIDE 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.

235 example sentences for GUIDE, such as:

1. An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
2. Students prefer teachers who guide, not ones who domineer.
3. Fairness, rather than efficiency, is the guiding principle.
4. In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her
5. It did not rank among the houses that are mentioned in guide books.

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 Meanings and Examples of GUIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
guide
 v.  pass over, across, or through
 n.  someone who shows the way by leading or advising
Classic Sentence: (193 in 13 pages)
1  In the meantime Ferrier having recovered from his privations, distinguished himself as a useful guide and an indefatigable hunter.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
2  I have already explained to you that what is out of the common is usually a guide rather than a hindrance.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
3  It did not rank among the houses that are mentioned in guide books.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
4  And he caused one of his attendants to mount his own led horse, and give that upon which he had hitherto ridden to the stranger, who was to serve for a guide.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  Finding himself now at his ease and near shelter, his curiosity began to awake, and he demanded of the guide who and what he was.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  These two dignified persons were followed by their respective attendants, and at a more humble distance by their guide, whose figure had nothing more remarkable than it derived from the usual weeds of a pilgrim.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
7  "Good-night, and Our Lady's benison," said the Palmer, with composure; and his guide moved forward.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  It is thus," said Prince John, "that we set the dutiful example of loyalty to the Queen of Love and Beauty, and are ourselves her guide to the throne which she must this day occupy.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  He had therefore experience to guide him, as well as hope, that he might again, as formerly, be delivered as a prey from the fowler.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  Come this way, father," said the old hag, "thou art a stranger in this castle, and canst not leave it without a guide.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
11  An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
12  Sir Knight of the Fetterlock, since it is your pleasure so to be distinguished," said Ivanhoe, "I fear me you have chosen a talkative and a troublesome fool to be your guide.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
13  The guests bowed deeply to the mourning parent, and withdrew from their hospitable guide.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
14  We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  The question arose in her mind whether or not she should ask him to guide her into the path.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
16  The grammar guide falls between two stools - it's too difficult for a beginner but not detailed enough for an advanced student.
17  It is not only financial considerations, therefore, that guide the decisions for allocating limited training resources.
18  A public library sponsored guide to resume and cover letter writing, chronological samples and resume templates.
19  On certain issues of principle, she refused to take a partisan stand, but let her conscience be her guide.
20  Before hanging wallpaper it is advisable to drop a plumb line from the ceiling as a guide.
21  The white-water rafting guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge.
22  In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her
23  If scripture is our guide, then we are called to seek peace and to turn our swords into plowshares.
24  By what instinct do you pretend to distinguish between a fallen seraph of the abyss and a messenger from the eternal throne -- between a guide and a seducer?
25  Students prefer teachers who guide, not ones who domineer.
26  Teacher's Friend is a little guide we wrote to help the new weaver set up her home school and organize her materials.
27  If you've ever wondered about the best place to sneak away for a nap during a layover, or where to get a coffee at 4 a.m., this is the guide for you.
28  The boat drifted along, with the child asleep inside it and no one guiding its direction.
29  Fairness, rather than efficiency, is the guiding principle.
30  After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral.