MASON in a Sentence

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19 example sentences for MASON, such as:

1. He asked the mason to make him a tombstone.
2. The masonic dinners were dull and dreary when he was not there.
3. The navvies and the bricklayers, masons and blacksmiths, would troop off to other masters.
4. Military, administrative, political, and masonic interests continually absorbed his attention.
5. Willarski coughed, he was answered by the masonic knock with mallets, the doors opened before them.

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 Meanings and Examples of MASON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
mason
 n.  one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; one who prepares stone for building purposes
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  A mason returning from his day's work, left behind him a little package on a bench near the bridge of Austerlitz.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...
2  The body of a mason who had been killed by a gun-shot lay in the Rue de la Perle.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
3  But you weren't raised to sell pies any more than Tommy was raised to wrastle with a bunch of wild Irish masons.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  As he rolled off through the crowd of masons and carpenters and hod carriers Scarlett felt relieved and her spirits rose.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  Forgetful of the store and the mills, she spent her time on the lot, arguing with carpenters, bickering with masons, harrying the contractor.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
6  Workmen were immediately called in, and that same night the passengers at the end of the faubourg saw with surprise that carpenters and masons were occupied in repairing the lower part of the tottering house.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 94. Maximilian's Avowal.
7  Prouvaire, the masons are growing lukewarm; you will bring us news from the lodge of the Rue de Grenelle-Saint-Honore.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
8  The chaplain had not yet arrived; and there these silent islands of men and women sat steadfastly eyeing several marble tablets, with black borders, masoned into the wall on either side the pulpit.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
9  In this business he proceeds very heedfully, like a treasure-hunter in some old house, sounding the walls to find where the gold is masoned in.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
10  Willarski coughed, he was answered by the masonic knock with mallets, the doors opened before them.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV
11  Moreover, the words of the masonic statutes, "be kindly and courteous," recurred to him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V
12  He was ashamed to express his new masonic views, which had been particularly revived and strengthened by his late tour.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XI
13  Under the masonic aprons and insignia he saw the uniforms and decorations at which they aimed in ordinary life.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VII
14  The masonic dinners were dull and dreary when he was not there.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I
15  Military, administrative, political, and masonic interests continually absorbed his attention.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence:
1  He asked the mason to make him a tombstone.
2  The navvies and the bricklayers, masons and blacksmiths, would troop off to other masters.