REMISS in a Sentence

Learn REMISS 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.

12 example sentences for REMISS, such as:

1. The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission.
2. The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
3. Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission.
4. The chemotherapy was successful, and she is now in remission.
5. In Feb, I'll have been in remission from the main cancer for 17 years.

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 Meanings and Examples of REMISS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
remiss
 a.  negligent; careless in performing duty or business
Classic Sentence:
1  That he might not be remiss in his part of the engagement, he resolved to wait full two hours, on this third and last night.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
2  "You have been very remiss in not coming to me sooner," said he, severely.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
3  He prayed that if any man there had been remiss toward the stranger come to a far country, God would forgive him and soften his heart.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
4  Grandmother went on talking in her polite Virginia way, not admitting their stark need or her own remissness, until Jake arrived with the hamper, as if in direct answer to Mrs. Shimerda's reproaches.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
5  While he spoke, however, the young soldier seized his rifle, and advancing toward the front, prepared to atone for his venial remissness, by freely exposing his life in defense of those he attended.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
6  Sometimes I thought that the fiend followed me and might expedite my remissness by murdering my companion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
Example Sentence:
1  As America's children acquire more and more behavior problems, the schools remain remiss in doing anything about it except typical punishment.
2  Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission.
3  The patient has been in remission for the past six months.
4  The symptoms reappeared after only a short remission.
5  The chemotherapy was successful, and she is now in remission.
6  In Feb, I'll have been in remission from the main cancer for 17 years.