ORDERLY in a Sentence

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1. I ordered a fine fillet of salmon.
2. He was ordered to surrender his gun.
3. In April, Rostov was on orderly duty.
4. The regiment was ordered to the front.
5. The court ordered the seizure of his assets.

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 Meanings and Examples of ORDERLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
orderly
 a.  conformed to order; in order; regular; well-regulated
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "I must have that purse, I tell you," shouted Denisov, shaking his orderly by the shoulders and knocking him against the wall.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
2  "The master is not in, he's gone to headquarters," said Telyanin's orderly.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
3  "You've only just missed him," said the orderly.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
4  His hand trembled as he gave his horse into an orderly's charge, and he felt the blood rush to his heart with a thud.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VIII
5  The farther forward and nearer the enemy he went, the more orderly and cheerful were the troops.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
6  At last Bagration's orderly came with the news that the prince could not attend.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XII
7  In the Emperors' suite were the picked young orderly officers of the Guard and line regiments, Russian and Austrian.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XV
8  In April, Rostov was on orderly duty.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVI
9  Just then a commissariat soldier, a hospital orderly, came in from the next room, marching stiffly, and drew up in front of Rostov.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XVII
10  Rostov dismounted, gave his horse to the orderly, and followed Alpatych to the house, questioning him as to the state of affairs.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XIII
11  The lieutenant colonel of hussars smiled beneath his mustache at the orderly's tone, dismounted, gave his horse to a dispatch runner, and approached Bolkonski with a slight bow.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XV
12  But contrary to what had always happened in their former battles, instead of the news they expected of the enemy's flight, these orderly masses returned thence as disorganized and terrified mobs.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXIV
13  Only someone's orderly passed through the gateway, splashing through the mud, and talked to the innkeeper.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER IX
14  The major-domo stood at the porch talking to an elderly orderly and to a pale young officer with a bandaged arm.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XV
15  Before the officer had finished speaking the orderly made the same request on behalf of his master.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  The attacker was ordered to hand over his weapon.
17  Security forces were ordered out to control the situation in the city.
18  The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded.
19  The court ordered a fresh inquest into the tragedy.
20  The court ordered the seizure of his assets.
21  One aggrieved customer complained that he still hadn't received the book he had ordered several weeks ago.
22  Lack of discipline at home meant that many pupils found it difficult to settle in to the ordered environment of the school.
23  His doctor ordered him to abstain from beer and wine.
24  The police were ordered to draw their batons and disperse the crowd.
25  Japan's education ministry ordered the change to encourage students to tear themselves away from textbooks.
26  I ordered a fine fillet of salmon.
27  President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets.
28  The regiment was ordered to the front.
29  The general ordered up more men as reinforcements.
30  He was ordered to surrender his gun.