REPOSITORY in a Sentence

Learn REPOSITORY 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.

Example sentences for REPOSITORY, such as:

1. My father is a repository of interesting facts.
2. This library is repository of the country's best thoughts.
3. I found a tremendous blank, in the place of that smiling repository of my confidence.

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 Meanings and Examples of REPOSITORY
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repository
 n.  place where things may be put for safekeeping, as storehouse, warehouse, museum, or tomb
Classic Sentence:
1  I went; sought the repository he had mentioned, found the articles named, and returned with them.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  I found a tremendous blank, in the place of that smiling repository of my confidence.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION
3  Mr. Tiffey and myself, Mr. Copperfield, are about to examine the desks, the drawers, and other such repositories of the deceased, with the view of sealing up his private papers, and searching for a Will.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Example Sentence:
1  This library is repository of the country's best thoughts.
2  My father is a repository of interesting facts.