PAIR in a Sentence

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263 example sentences for PAIR, such as:

1. I put on a new pair of nylon socks.
2. We've got a German au pair for six months.
3. Colleagues regard him as a safe pair of hands.
4. Sometimes a creature uses a pair of antennae to swim.
5. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.

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 Meanings and Examples of PAIR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pair
 n.  a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit
 v.  tarrange or designate in groups of two
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  On the edge of a jutting pinnacle, three or four hundred feet above him, there stood a creature somewhat resembling a sheep in appearance, but armed with a pair of gigantic horns.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as if upon some sudden reflection, fronted about with an air of defiance; and the pair stared at each other pretty fixedly for a few seconds.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
4  With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table always in his pocket, sir, ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
5  Mr. Bounderby sat looking at her, as, with the points of a stiff, sharp pair of scissors, she picked out holes for some inscrutable ornamental purpose, in a piece of cambric.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
6  The Saracens produced from their baskets a quantity of charcoal, a pair of bellows, and a flask of oil.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
7  Even the natural obstinacy of Cedric sunk beneath these obstacles, where he, remaining on the point of junction, had the task of dragging a reluctant pair up to it, one with each hand.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
8  He had pulled off his boots, and put on a pair of slippers.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
9  The world is all alike: kill off the human reality, a quid for every foreskin, two quid for each pair of balls.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
10  He was no sooner strong enough to put his clothes on, properly, than Mr. Brownlow caused a complete new suit, and a new cap, and a new pair of shoes, to be provided for him.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
11  'He should have tried mustachios and a pair of military trousers, my dear,' said the Jew.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
12  'Here they are,' replied Barney, producing a pair of pistols.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  'What he says is quite correct,' observed Blathers, nodding his head in a confirmatory way, and playing carelessly with the handcuffs, as if they were a pair of castanets.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
14  I sold myself,' said Mr. Bumble, pursuing the same train of relection, 'for six teaspoons, a pair of sugar-tongs, and a milk-pot; with a small quantity of second-hand furniture, and twenty pound in money.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
15  I know how listlessly and wearily each of that wretched pair dragged on their heavy chain through a world that was poisoned to them both.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
16  The pair had a comfortable win, beating the German team by nearly three seconds.
17  I put on a new pair of nylon socks.
18  The police officer clicked a pair of handcuffs around his wrists.
19  There is a pretty portable pair of steps in one corner of the room.
20  I find the best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.
21  Colleagues regard him as a safe pair of hands.
22  We've got a German au pair for six months.
23  Sometimes a creature uses a pair of antennae to swim.
24  The store is closing out tomorrow; I'll go and buy a pair of shoes.
25  It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other.
26  What would you do if you took a pair of trousers to the dry cleaners and they lost them? If you're in America you might sue for 67 million dollars.
27  She knitted a pair of mittens for me with her nimble fingers.
28  Fifty years ago, textile mogul Allen Gant Sr. introduced the world to the first pair of pantyhose.
29  The one who called himself Nathaniel was swarthy and handsome with dark, intense eyes and a spill of brunet hair over a pair of broad shoulders.
30  The superintendent of Lowood (for such was this lady) having taken her seat before a pair of globes placed on one of the tables, summoned the first class round her, and commenced giving a lesson on geography; the lower classes were called by the teachers: repetitions in history, grammar, &c., went on for an hour.