SHEAF in a Sentence

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13 example sentences for SHEAF, such as:

1. The young woman turned over a sheaf of counterfoils.
2. A lawyer walked in carrying a whole sheaf of papers.
3. He took a sheaf of worn and greasy forms from his pocket.
4. He wrote seldom in the sheaf of papers which lay in his desk.
5. The lawyer picked up a sheaf of papers as he rose to question the witness.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHEAF
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sheaf
 n.  bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
Classic Sentence:
1  Here, with its sheaf sliced in four, exposing a white cone, Giles offered his wife a banana.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
2  He took a sheaf of worn and greasy forms from his pocket.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
3  The young woman turned over a sheaf of counterfoils.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
4  The side window of the newspaper office opened and a hand was extended, bearing a sheaf of long narrow galley proofs, smeared with fresh ink and thick with names closely printed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
5  The Old Guard signified their disapproval by a sheaf of cards, regretting their inability to accept Scarlett's kind invitation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
6  In the desk lay a manuscript translation of Hauptmann's Michael Kramer, the stage directions of which were written in purple ink, and a little sheaf of papers held together by a brass pin.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
7  He wrote seldom in the sheaf of papers which lay in his desk.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
8  "A large sheaf, but I know there's room in your heart for it, Marmee dear," added Meg's tender voice.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
9  Thus, a blazing spear, a sword of flame, a bow, or a sheaf of arrows seen in the midnight sky, prefigured Indian warfare.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
10  An ax will be useful, a hunting spear not bad, but a three-pronged fork will be best of all: a Frenchman is no heavier than a sheaf of rye.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER X
11  Any one who has seen fireworks will recall the sheaf formed of interlacing lightnings which is called a bouquet.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXI—THE HEROES
Example Sentence:
1  The lawyer picked up a sheaf of papers as he rose to question the witness.
2  A lawyer walked in carrying a whole sheaf of papers.