REWARD in a Sentence

Learn REWARD 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.

189 example sentences for REWARD, such as:

1. Without risk, there is no reward.
2. And there is a little reward, I fancy.
3. Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.
4. They are offering a reward for the return of their cat.
5. You have space to work upon there, and grounds that will well reward you.

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 Meanings and Examples of REWARD
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reward
 n.  satisfying return or result; profit, return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
Classic Sentence: (141 in 10 pages)
1  This knight had left the field abruptly when the victory was achieved; and when he was called upon to receive the reward of his valour, he was nowhere to be found.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  "I am rich enough to reward them from mine own wealth," answered Cedric.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
3  And some," said Wamba, "have been wise enough to reward themselves; they do not march off empty-handed altogether.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
4  Not even the prospect of reward, far less any feelings of compassion alone, could surmount this apprehension.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
5  You have space to work upon there, and grounds that will well reward you.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  His duties would be established, but the wife who was to share, and animate, and reward those duties, might yet be unattainable.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  Would he have persevered, and uprightly, Fanny must have been his reward, and a reward very voluntarily bestowed, within a reasonable period from Edmund's marrying Mary.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
8  And notwithstanding a offered reward of ten pound, which was afterwards increased to twenty pound.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  Giles is a faithful fellow and an old servant, I know; but you can make it up to him in a thousand ways, and reward him for being such a good shot besides.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
11  As to reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
12  And there is a little reward, I fancy.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
13  But from that morning he has disappeared, and although a large reward has been offered, and all the gypsies of Dartmoor are on the alert, no news has come of him.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
14  A similar reward paid to any one giving information about a Greek lady whose first name is Sophy.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
15  The fact is, your Grace," said he, "that my colleague, Dr. Watson, and myself had an assurance from Dr. Huxtable that a reward had been offered in this case.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Example Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
16  They are offering a reward for the return of their cat.
17  Without risk, there is no reward.
18  He was given the job as a reward for running a successful leadership bid.
19  And now, sir, to reward you for the accurate guess, I will promise to paint you a careful and faithful duplicate of this picture.
20  While Joe was slicing bacon for breakfast, Tom and Huck asked him to hold on a minute; they stepped to a promising nook in the river-bank and threw in their lines; almost immediately they had reward.
21  Anyhow, freedom of movement in a nursery is the reward of learning to walk.
22  When an officer risks his own life in protecting the public, he has no time to think his reward.
23  Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.
24  Seldom earning enough to cover their expenses, folk dance teachers work because they love dancing, not because they expect any pecuniary reward.
25  However, they worried through, and each got his reward -- in small blue tickets, each with a passage of Scripture on it; each blue ticket was pay for two verses of the recitation.
26  Prized for their inimitably rich and flavor, white truffles are the ultimate indulgence to celebrate the holidays, or reward your spouse or lover.
27  Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her.
28  The school has a system of rewards and punishments to encourage good behaviour.
29  Employees enjoy the kudos that the job brings as much as the financial rewards.
30  It may also involve comparison with other professions and other occupations and not just with rewards within the organisation.