NOT in a Sentence

Learn NOT 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.

404 example sentences for NOT, such as:

1. I'm not absolutely sure.
2. I am not addicted to text.
3. Do not argue with an idiot.
4. Disaster areas will not cry.
5. Read not books alone, but men.

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 Meanings and Examples of NOT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
not
 ad.  negation of a word or group of words
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  My dear Victor, do not speak thus.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
2  I am not even faintly like a rose.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Hester Prynne, therefore, did not flee.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
4  The occasion was not long to seek.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
5  Mama, you are not doing me justice.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
6  Elinor's happiness was not so great.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
7  He had not the power of accepting it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
8  You must not confound my meaning.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
9  But Sir John could not prevail.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
10  This is not the place for explanations.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
11  Elinor would not vouchsafe any answer.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
12  that it is not in the neighbourhood of.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39
13  No, ma'am, not even Lucy if you please.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40
14  I did not expect to see this in you.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
15  "He is not," returned the clerk.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XX
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  Man does not live by bread alone.
17  Read not books alone, but men.
18  Disaster areas will not cry.
19  Riches do not always bring happiness.
20  I am not addicted to text.
21  He is simply not a social animal.
22  You must try not to appear vulnerable.
23  She tried not to appear envious.
24  The theory does not apply universally.
25  His approach was not very scientific.
26  I am not in the mood to argue.
27  Do not argue with an idiot.
28  Mark had the good sense not to argue.
29  I'm not absolutely sure.
30  All are not thieves that dogs bark at.