SECTIONAL in a Sentence

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169 example sentences for SECTIONAL, such as:

1. Saboteurs blew up a small section of the track.
2. Both her children were born by caesarean section.
3. An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.
4. A Reading Practice section is added to each unit in Book Two.
5. The members of sections complained that they were torn asunder.

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 Meanings and Examples of SECTIONAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sectional
 a.  consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  Vast sections of it have been cleared, for this is the seat of the first iron-works of the country, and the trees have been felled to smelt the ore.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
2  My ramifications stretch out into many sections of society, but never, I am happy to say, into amateur sport, which is the best and soundest thing in England.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
3  All these are evidently sections, as it were, Three-Dimensional representations of his Four-Dimensioned being, which is a fixed and unalterable thing.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
4  The committee must take measures to prevent recruiting in the sections for the different societies.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...
5  It appears that this list was the complete nomenclature of the sections of the fourth arondissement of the Society of the Rights of Man, with the names and dwellings of the chiefs of sections.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...
6  The members of sections complained that they were torn asunder.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—FACTS WHENCE HISTORY SPRINGS AND WHICH HISTORY ...
7  In the most cultured sections and cities of the South the Negroes are a segregated servile caste, with restricted rights and privileges.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
8  They go to separate churches, they live in separate sections, they are strictly separated in all public gatherings, they travel separately, and they are beginning to read different papers and books.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In IX
9  Nowhere, I think, could a more delightful location have been chosen for this unique educational experiment, which has attracted the attention and won the support even of conservative philanthropists in all sections of the country.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
10  Restless, energetic people from the older sections of Georgia and from more distant states were drawn to this town that sprawled itself around the junction of the railroads in its center.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  Along the railroad the sections of snow fence, which had been stacked all summer in romantic wooden tents occupied by roving small boys, were set up to prevent drifts from covering the track.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
12  Two benches, shaped in sections of a circle, nearly enclosed the hearth; on one of these I stretched myself, and Grimalkin mounted the other.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
13  All the most diverse sections of the educated public, hostile before, are merged in one.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 16
14  When the party had divided into three sections, each under its own leader and in its own garret, he had discontinued his attendances.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
15  He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections.
Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In I
Example Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
16  Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country during the months of August and September.
17  We can grouse about how greed motivated Hollywood to cleave the final "The Hunger Games" book into two sections.
18  He devoted a major section of his massive report to an analysis of US aircraft design.
19  The teacher divided the class and took one section to the library and left the other to write an article.
20  Saboteurs blew up a small section of the track.
21  A Reading Practice section is added to each unit in Book Two.
22  Both her children were born by caesarean section.
23  One section of the class was reading and the other section was writing.
24  Instead, the Cut / Copy Rectangle command used the exact position of the cursor to define the vertical section of text.
25  In this section we will describe common myths about cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana.
26  An entire poor section of town was bombed into oblivion.
27  It is absolutely essential that a knowledgeable person with budget experience examine your proposal section on budget.
28  Dear Sir, I was disgusted to see the picture on page one of Sunday's feature section.
29  A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place.
30  This section explores how mothers resist the impact of poverty on the health of their children.