MEASUREMENT in a Sentence

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406 example sentences for MEASUREMENT, such as:

1. We cannot measure pain directly.
2. Feed by measure and defy physician.
3. But now observe this other measurement.
4. Then she passed the tape measure about her waist.
5. It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEASUREMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
measurement
 n.  the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But in spite of her efforts, conversation flagged after the tray had been removed, and she was driven to take a fresh measurement of Mr. Gryce's limitations.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
2  But first, be it recorded, that, in this matter, I am not free to utter any fancied measurement I please.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
3  But now observe this other measurement.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
4  There had taken place within him a sentimental revelation entirely distinct from legal affirmation, his only standard of measurement hitherto.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—JAVERT
5  But the old horse was there alone, mumbling his crib with toothless jaws, and Ethan whistled cheerfully while he bedded down the grays and shook an extra measure of oats into their mangers.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
6  Yet the serene half-light over Tara's well-kept acres brought a measure of quiet to her disturbed mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  The hot nights brought a measure of quiet but it was a sinister quiet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  When she had finished it, a measure of strength came back to her and with the strength came again the pricking of fear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  Prissy had recovered her breath and a small measure of control but her eyes still rolled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
10  Everything was fresh and dewy and silent and green and the sight of the cotton fields brought a measure of balm and comfort to her sore heart.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
11  A measure of calm had returned and with it all the natural bluntness which brandy brought to the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
12  Still the words would not come, but, a measure of poise returning, she kept her eyes demurely down and tucked the corners of her mouth into a little smile.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  Then she passed the tape measure about her waist.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LI
14  The name, as Gerty saw with a clutch at the heart, had loosened the springs of self-pity in her friend's dry breast, and tear by tear Lily poured out the measure of her anguish.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
15  Selden had in fact given her the utmost measure of his sureness, had even stretched it a shade to meet the anxiety in her eyes.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
16  It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation.
17  A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine or a single measure of spirits.
18  One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer or a standard measure of spirits.
19  There has been concern in/throughout the West about the effects of this measure.
20  Religious minorities were allowed a wide measure of toleration.
21  The measure of a man's real character is what he would do ifhe knew he would never be found out.
22  Feed by measure and defy physician.
23  It is difficult to measure the success of the campaign at this stage.
24  The majority of Brazil's huge commercial interests support the measure.
25  For a Liberal Democrat to argue that giving institutions the power to run their own affairs is a centralising measure is extraordinary.
26  John KitzEaber, a Democrat, also threatened to veto any measure that eliminated the certificates.
27  We cannot measure pain directly.
28  You measure yourself, enter measurements and the computer will print out the pattern.
29  We might have to employ someone temporarily as a stopgap measure until we can fill the post.
30  It's no sin to sell dear, but a sin to give ill measure.