GYMNASTIC in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for GYMNASTIC, such as:

1. He was in the midst of some dangerous gymnastic performances.
2. We greatly appreciate your support of the great Trampoline gymnastics game.
3. Some good angel inspired me to try gymnastics, and I kept it up till they were glad to sit down and keep still.
4. In gymnastics, a layout is a position in which the gymnast's body is completely stretched, toes pointed and legs straight.

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 Meanings and Examples of GYMNASTIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gymnastic
 a.  of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility
Classic Sentence:
1  As he ran with the children, he taught them gymnastic feats, set Miss Hoole laughing with his queer English accent, and talked to Darya Alexandrovna of his pursuits in the country.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 9
2  After walking about the garden, visiting the stable, and even doing some gymnastic exercises together on the parallel bars, Levin returned to the house with his guest, and went with him into the drawing room.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 14
3  He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance, when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel, and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  By gymnastics and careful attention to his health he had brought himself to such a point that in spite of his excess in pleasure he looked as fresh as a big glossy green Dutch cucumber.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 1
5  Probably the sight of those nervous fingers, of the muscles he had proved that morning at gymnastics, of the glittering eyes, the soft voice, and quivering jaws, convinced Vassenka better than any words.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 15
6  She saw Mr. Marbury, a woman teacher of gymnastics in a high school, a chief clerk from the Great Northern Railway offices, a young lawyer.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  Boarding with the Widow Bogart was Fern Mullins, a girl of twenty-two who was to be teacher of English, French, and gymnastics in the high school this coming session.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  Some good angel inspired me to try gymnastics, and I kept it up till they were glad to sit down and keep still.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
9  In short, from that day forth it seemed only by a great effort as of gymnastics, and only under the immediate stimulation of the drug, that I was able to wear the countenance of Jekyll.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
10  It is an exercise in gymnastics; it is almost hygiene.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER I—THE SURFACE OF THE QUESTION
11  And hearing that voice, he went into the corner where stood his two heavy dumbbells, and began brandishing them like a gymnast, trying to restore his confident temper.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 26
Example Sentence:
1  He was in the midst of some dangerous gymnastic performances.
2  While he was in the midst of dangerous gymnastic performances, he glanced aside and saw that the little girl was wending her way toward the house.
3  In gymnastics, a layout is a position in which the gymnast's body is completely stretched, toes pointed and legs straight.
4  We greatly appreciate your support of the great Trampoline gymnastics game.