HOST in a Sentence

Learn HOST 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.

238 example sentences for HOST, such as:

1. Father Hucheloup was a jovial host.
2. We thanked our hosts for the lovely evening.
3. Courfeyrac having made his appearance, the host left them.
4. When the traveller turned round, the host had disappeared.
5. The gallery hosts various exhibitions and a permanent collection.

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 Meanings and Examples of HOST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
host
 n.  great number; person entertaining guests
Classic Sentence: (206 in 14 pages)
1  "Nothing easier," replied the host.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
2  "In that case, we are at your service," said the host.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
3  But as the host went back and forth, he scrutinized the traveller.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
4  "Immediately," responded the host.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
5  The host unfolded it eagerly, like a person who is expecting a reply.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
6  The host said to him, "There is the fire."
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
7  When the traveller turned round, the host had disappeared.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
8  Courfeyrac having made his appearance, the host left them.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA
9  Squads chose themselves leaders; a man armed with a pair of pistols in full view, seemed to pass the host in review, and the files separated before him.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
10  Father Hucheloup was a jovial host.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
11  But at the same moment, his two auditors, accompanied by the host, fell upon d'Artagnan with sticks, shovels and tongs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
12  The host, fearful of consequences, with the help of his servants carried the wounded man into the kitchen, where some trifling attentions were bestowed upon him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
13  The host, who was not endowed with great perspicacity, did not observe the expression which his words had given to the physiognomy of the stranger.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
14  Ah, it's all one," said the host; "I have lost two customers, but this one remains, of whom I am pretty certain for some days to come.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
15  The host had reckoned upon eleven days of confinement at a crown a day, but he had reckoned without his guest.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
16  Both men plus a host of accompanying ministers will focus on common ground.
17  He didn't hide his despite in the party because he believed the host cheated.
18  New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco previously paid host to their own Beckham statues, which showcased the soccer star in his skivvies.
19  A heartfelt video by an Iqualuit teenager has sparked a social media campaign against talk show host Ellen DeGeneres that conflates the commercial seal hunt on Canada's east coast with the rights of Inuit people to hunt seals in the north.
20  In an apparent gesture of goodwill toward the host country, Obama's ride even strayed from the usual protocol by flying the Russian tricolor, complete with little golden tassels.
21  Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug.
22  When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personal affront and refused to speak to her hosts for a week.
23  The minister made a grand and moving picture of the assembling together of the world's hosts at the millennium when the lion and the lamb should lie down together and a little child should lead them.
24  The gallery hosts various exhibitions and a permanent collection.
25  You might offend your hosts if you camp it up at the party in your usual way.
26  We thanked our hosts for the lovely evening.
27  We provide quality hosting accounts with premium bandwidth to ensure that your proxy is always up and running at top speeds.
28  A small urban park in the downtown area has been hosting innovative contemporary sculpture installations since 1981.
29  Five cities in the world fought bitterly over the glory of hosting the2000 Olympic Games.
30  He has hosted Shia clerics from Iraq, plans to send planes full of Shia pilgrims to the country's holy cities, and dangle billions in investment to revive industry in the south.