PUT in a Sentence

Learn PUT 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.

420 example sentences for PUT, such as:

1. One cannot put back the clock.
2. I'll put 'em on the outside of the row.'
3. I've put away money, only for you to spend.
4. He asked to be put under police protection.
5. He put down his gun and ran to her assistance.

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 Meanings and Examples of PUT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
put
 v.  move something into the stated place or position
 v.  express something in words
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Daisy put her arm through his abruptly but he seemed absorbed in what he had just said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  He unrolled the bottle of whiskey from the towel and put it on the table.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  Sombre as it was, it put on the kindest of its moods to welcome her.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
4  Clerval then put the following letter into my hands.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  He put down his gun and ran to her assistance.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9
6  They were obliged to put an end to such an expectation.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
7  Look, she made me this bow to my hat, and put in the feather last night.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38
8  She stretched out her hand, and I went down on my knee and put it to my lips.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
9  I'll put 'em on the outside of the row.'
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVIII
10  had put in a funereal execution and taken possession.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXV
11  I've put away money, only for you to spend.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIX
12  Next day the clothes I had ordered all came home, and he put them on.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XL
13  But to give it you short and handy, I'll put it at once into a mouthful of English.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLII
14  I was put in irons, brought to trial again, and sent for life.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLII
15  She put her left arm across the head of her stick, and softly laid her forehead on it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  I decided to put him under hypnosis and ask him again.
17  First put the flour in the bowl, and then beat the eggs in.
18  If I could rearrange the alphabet,I'd put Y and I together.
19  She put all the flowers together in one big bunch.
20  Women who put off having a baby often make the best mothers.
21  Several alleged drug lords are to be put on trial.
22  Though malice may darken truth, it cannot put it out.
23  You put grease on a wheel to make it turn more easily.
24  Our TV receives well since we had a new antenna put on.
25  Misers put their back and their belly into their pockets.
26  One cannot put back the clock.
27  I scrawled a quick note to Judith and put it under her door.
28  He asked to be put under police protection.
29  Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
30  I'm fed up with being put upon by my boss all the time.