REMAINDER in a Sentence

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52 example sentences for REMAINDER, such as:

1. He gulped down the remainder of his coffee.
2. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and water.
3. Restore to thy master that which is his due, and enrich thyself with the remainder.
4. I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence.
5. Part of the new plant is now in operation and remainder will be on stream later this month.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMAINDER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
remainder
 n.  remnant; something left after other parts have been taken away
Classic Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  I had enough of both in Afghanistan to last me for the remainder of my natural existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and water.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
3  Restore to thy master that which is his due, and enrich thyself with the remainder.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
4  But it would be cruel to put the reader to the pain of perusing the remainder of this description.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  He dismissed him within some quarter of a mile of Mr. Sikes's residence, and performed the short remainder of the distance, on foot.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
6  Clym then went into the garden; and a thoughtful languor stole over Eustacia for the remainder of the afternoon, which her husband attributed to the heat of the weather.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
7  After all the vows we have made, Eustacia, I think we had better pass the remainder of our lives in trying to keep them.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
8  He is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his sting and leave him harmless for the future.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
9  No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night, which I spent, cold and wet, in the open air.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  During the morning I attended the motions of the cottagers, and when they were dispersed in various occupations, I slept; the remainder of the day was spent in observing my friends.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
11  I continued for the remainder of the day in my hovel in a state of utter and stupid despair.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
12  It seemed, at this point, as if the minister must leave the remainder of his secret undisclosed.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
13  But through the remainder of Hester's life there were indications that the recluse of the scarlet letter was the object of love and interest with some inhabitant of another land.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIV. CONCLUSION
14  The Doctor gave out that he was not quite well; and remained alone, for a considerable part of every day, during the remainder of the visit.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
15  He spent the remainder of the time in the street, incessantly looking at his watch and gazing about him.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 15
Example Sentence:
1  It's not good enough any more to tell consumers 25 percent of the products are made in China and the remainder is made in USA.
2  I have swallowed the remainder with an accompaniment of secret tears, forced from me by the exigency of hunger.
3  She dared me in an emphatic voice to rise from that place, or utter one syllable during the remainder of the day.
4  He gulped down the remainder of his coffee.
5  Part of the new plant is now in operation and remainder will be on stream later this month.