ROOM in a Sentence

Learn ROOM 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 ROOM, such as:

1. This was the only room available.
2. Tidy the room up before the guests arrive.
3. He stood up and began to move around the room.
4. The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.
5. He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROOM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
room
 n.  a part of building that is separated from other parts by walls, floor, and ceiling
 n.  amount of space that someone or something needs
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  There was only one student in the room, who was bending over a distant table absorbed in his work.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  "For Mr. Sherlock Holmes," he said, stepping into the room and handing my friend the letter.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4  There are marks of blood in the room, but there is no wound upon his person.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
5  It was a large square room, looking all the larger from the absence of all furniture.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
6  At his call they entered the room, and the stranger was lifted and carried out.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
7  "Come here," he said, bustling back into the room, the atmosphere of which felt clearer since the removal of its ghastly inmate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
8  In this particular corner of the room a large piece had peeled off, leaving a yellow square of coarse plastering.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
9  This was overlooked because it was in the darkest corner of the room, and no one thought of looking there.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
10  With these two implements he trotted noiselessly about the room, sometimes stopping, occasionally kneeling, and once lying flat upon his face.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
11  "There's no room for a mistake," he answered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
12  Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet the moment that she was gone and rushed into his room.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
13  He forced his way into the room, where I was sitting with my daughter, and made some incoherent remark about having missed his train.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
14  I screamed, and at that moment my son Arthur came into the room.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
15  It was indeed Lestrade, who had ascended the stairs while we were talking, and who now entered the room.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  His father rapped out an answer and then left the room.
17  She will flounce and argue when asked to leave the room.
18  The room was so lovely it seemed churlish to argue.
19  He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.
20  He stood up and began to move around the room.
21  He told the children to start moving clockwise around the room.
22  The main cabin has its full-sized double bed centrally placed with plenty of room around it.
23  Tidy the room up before the guests arrive.
24  Hang about in the waiting room, I'll arrive at once.
25  The room must be picked up before the guests arrive.
26  The audience in the front rows made room for the late comers.
27  This was the only room available.
28  I tried to avoid the back room where the undesirable elements were gathered.
29  You can avoid the single supplement by agreeing to share a twin room.
30  She had stayed in her room to avoid another confrontation.