ORE in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for ORE, such as:

1. They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
2. They used to extract iron ore from this site.
3. A pointed tool, such as a spike or chisel, used for breaking rock or ore.
4. When they assay the ore, they find that they have discovered a very rich vein.
5. While commerce from her Cornucopia pours the mingled tribute of her different ores.

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 Meanings and Examples of ORE
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ore
 n.  mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
Classic Sentence:
1  The first torn away, a second fills the place in gold, and the spray burgeons with even such ore again.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SIXTH
2  Brass and ore of gold flow in streams, and wounding steel is molten in the vast furnace.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
3  Vast sections of it have been cleared, for this is the seat of the first iron-works of the country, and the trees have been felled to smelt the ore.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
4  While commerce from her Cornucopia pours the mingled tribute of her different ores.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
Example Sentence:
1  A new ore - dressing plant is rapidly going up.
2  They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
3  They used to extract iron ore from this site.
4  It is possible to premix the ore at the shipping point, thus saving time at the iron works.
5  The supply of this ore is apparently inexhaustible, but no veins have as yet been found.
6  When they assay the ore, they find that they have discovered a very rich vein.
7  A pointed tool, such as a spike or chisel, used for breaking rock or ore.
8  Things will get even busier in mid-March when the shipping season begins for the lakes' regular traffic of vessels carrying iron ore, coal, grain and other bulk cargo.