SPARK in a Sentence

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101 example sentences for SPARK, such as:

1. A spark set the woods on fire.
2. The fire has burned down to a spark.
3. A little spark kindles a great fire.
4. A single spark can start a prairie fire.
5. A cigarette spark started the forest fire.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPARK
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
spark
 n.  flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
Classic Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
1  This remark was probably the spark which the other mother had been waiting for.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
2  One of the facts of which his exterior relief and his internal satisfaction was composed, was, as we have just hinted, that he had remained a brisk spark, and that he passed energetically for such.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—IN WHICH MAGNON AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE SEEN
3  The shocks of youthful minds among themselves have this admirable property, that one can never foresee the spark, nor divine the lightning flash.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—ENLARGEMENT OF HORIZON
4  Not a spark of certainty and truth had been emitted even in the most terrible of collisions.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LARK'S MEADOW
5  The latter, of whom the reader caught but a glimpse at the Gorbeau house, was a very cunning and very adroit young spark, with a bewildered and plaintive air.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATIO...
6  Nothing is more real than these great shocks which two souls convey to each other by the exchange of that spark.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE BATTLE BEGUN
7  Like it, it is the divine spark; like it, it is incorruptible, indivisible, imperishable.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE
8  This note-book was like a spark which had fallen from that other soul into hers.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—COSETTE AFTER THE LETTER
9  Insurrection is a fit of rage on the part of truth; the pavements which the uprising disturbs give forth the spark of right.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
10  As we have said, the great city resembles a piece of artillery; when it is loaded, it suffices for a spark to fall, and the shot is discharged.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER III—A BURIAL; AN OCCASION TO BE BORN AGAIN
11  A second bullet struck a spark from the pavement beside him.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV—GAVROCHE OUTSIDE
12  Weak or strong," repeated Milady, "that man has, then, a spark of pity in his soul; of that spark I will make a flame that shall devour him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 52 CAPTIVITY: THE FIRST DAY
13  And then by a return on his former subject, he conceived a spark of hope.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
14  The slim little chick was greyish brown with dark markings, and it was the most alive little spark of a creature in seven kingdoms at that moment.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
15  'The Lord blew a bit too soon on the spark,' said he.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
Example Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
2  Labour to keep alive in your breast that spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
3  A single spark can start a prairie fire.
4  A little spark kindles a great fire.
5  The fire has burned down to a spark.
6  A spark set the woods on fire.
7  A cigarette spark started the forest fire.
8  The teacher's praise kindled a spark of hope inside her.
9  A spark from the machinery had set fire to some material.
10  He plans to publish diaries about his years in office which will spark a storm in Westminster.
11  The guidelines reflect a growing concern among ministers that the planned escalation of the programme could spark severe social tensions.
12  As for USA history of 18th century, the main spark was Lincoln winning in 1860 and trying to ban slavery.
13  People are forbidden to smoke in the arsenal for fear that a stray spark might set off the munitions stored there.
14  The crowd is preparing to cheer and spark triumph of the runners.
15  When the heart is afire, some sparks will fly out at the mouth.