SLEEVE in a Sentence

Learn SLEEVE 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.

147 example sentences for SLEEVE, such as:

1. Carol picked at Kennicott's sleeve.
2. You could always turn the sleeves up.
3. She plucked at his sleeve, speechless.
4. Actually I do have a few ideas up my sleeve.
5. She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLEEVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
sleeve
 n.  the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm
 n.  small case into which an object fits
Classic Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
1  Half-way up the slope Mattie stumbled against some unseen obstruction and clutched his sleeve to steady herself.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Rhett Butler removed a fine linen handkerchief from his coat pocket and idly flicked dust from his sleeve.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  She plucked at his sleeve, speechless.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  But as they all passed from the room, Frank hung back, tugging at Scarlett's sleeve.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
5  Always the family clustered about him, always Melanie was by his side, touching his sleeve now and again to reassure herself he was really there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
6  "You old fool," said Mrs. Meade tenderly and laid her head against his sleeve.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
7  "Doctor," said India, putting a hand on his sleeve.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
8  Her cheek near his sleeve, she studied a dozen village pictures.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  Carol picked at Kennicott's sleeve.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
10  He turned and plodded back, a ponderous furry figure, holding the horses' bridles, Carol's hand dragging at his sleeve.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  Through her thin linen sleeve she could feel the crumply warmth of his familiar brown jersey coat.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
12  But he said nothing, nor she; he patted her sleeve, she returned the pat, and they crossed the railroad tracks, found a road, clumped toward open country.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  He was a mild, flurried old man, a Civil War veteran, with one sleeve hanging empty.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
14  She began to cry a little, and wiped her eyes on the sleeve of her peignoir.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In III
15  The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In III
Example Sentence:
1  Actually I do have a few ideas up my sleeve.
2  The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.
3  Stretch your arm no farther than your sleeve will reach.
4  She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention.
5  The child pulled at his sleeve to catch his attention.
6  It is therefore possible to measure around an armhole curve and compare the measurement with that of the sleeve head.
7  The dress pattern doesn't really explain how the cuff joins onto the sleeve.
8  If the sweater has no sleeves, it is generally called a vest.
9  The poor adjunct professor hid the threadbare spots on his jacket by sewing leather patches on his sleeves.
10  You could always turn the sleeves up.
11  I am of the opinion that a cardigan is by definition a button-front sleeved garment.