SHARE in a Sentence

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378 example sentences for SHARE, such as:

1. They both want to job share.
2. I used to share a bedroom with my brother.
3. The children all share strong family likeness.
4. For a slim figure, share your foodwith the hungry.
5. Our share of the market has decreased sharply this year.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHARE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
share
 v.  have or use something at the same time as someone else
 n.  one of the equal parts that the ownership of a company is divided into
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks, even Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
2  Digging and delving we break with the share of the plough the clod.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
3  I am quite sure of him," replied Jekyll; "I have grounds for certainty that I cannot share with any one.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
4  I do not blame our old friend," Jekyll wrote, "but I share his view that we must never meet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
5  I understand and share the wise consideration with which you regard his errors.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
6  Isaac's own share in this transaction was considerable, and he well knew that the Prince's eager desire to bring it to a conclusion would ensure him his protection in the dilemma in which he stood.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  A knight thus overcome was not permitted to take farther share in the combat.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  Yet the valiant Jester, as soon as he found himself safe, hesitated more than once whether he should not turn back and share the captivity of a master to whom he was sincerely attached.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  I must share his spoils with Front-de-Boeuf, who will not lend us the use of his castle for nothing.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  The faithful Gurth indeed sprung forward on the planked bridge, to warn Cedric of his impending fate, or to share it with him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  You have only got more than your share of the money, and make people work for you for two pounds a week, or threaten them with starvation.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
12  Here she was, sure as life, coming in for her share of the lowness and dirt.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
13  The state of her spirits had probably had its share in her indisposition; for she had been feeling neglected, and been struggling against discontent and envy for some days past.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
14  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
15  Nothing remained of last night but remembrances, which she had nobody to share in.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
Example Sentence: (168 in 12 pages)
16  Our share of the market has decreased sharply this year.
17  There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.
18  They both want to job share.
19  I used to share a bedroom with my brother.
20  He didn't want to share a room with his brother once he reached his teens.
21  As usual , the lion's share of the budget is for defence.
22  The government devotes a disproportionate share of the budget to military expenditure.
23  We've certainly got our share of problems at the moment.
24  Everyone seems to want to get into television to claim their share of fame and fortune.
25  These two species share a common set of characteristics.
26  The people on the course all share a lot of common ground.
27  The conference is a good place to share information and exchange ideas.
28  The children all share strong family likeness.
29  For a slim figure, share your foodwith the hungry.
30  It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.