TEST in a Sentence

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283 example sentences for TEST, such as:

1. Check the acidity of the soil with a test kit.
2. This experiment is designed to test the new drug.
3. In a consumer taste test, Coke went up against Pepsi.
4. A test tube is closed at one end and open at the other.
5. I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.

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 Meanings and Examples of TEST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
test
 v.  take measures to check the quality, performance, or reliability
 n.  a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  Don't you see that it gives us an infallible test for blood stains.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  "It seems to be a very delicate test," I remarked.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
3  He would certainly have been hung had this test been in existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
4  I hesitated long before I put this theory to the test of practice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
5  It had been a frosty morning, to be sure, a sharp frost, which hardly one woman in a thousand could stand the test of.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
6  That, however, I shall determine by a very simple test if we have an answer to our advertisement.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
7  First of all about the test telegram, which you sent from London in order to make sure that Barrymore was really here.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
8  I have already explained that the testimony of the postmaster shows that the test was worthless and that we have no proof one way or the other.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
9  However, I shall very quickly test the matter when I am once upon the spot, and until then I cannot really see how we can get much further than our present position.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
10  In my inmost heart I believed that I could succeed where others failed, and now I had the opportunity to test myself.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
11  If you will permit me, Colonel, I will leave my friend Watson and you, and I will step round with the Inspector to test the truth of one or two little fancies of mine.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
12  He knew that if she did not wish to be seen she would contrive to elude him; and it amused him to think of putting her skill to the test.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
13  Selden, who had put one of these seats to the test, found himself, from an angle of the ball-room, surveying the scene with frank enjoyment.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
14  So Jonah's Captain prepares to test the length of Jonah's purse, ere he judge him openly.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
15  Because there are skeleton authorities you can refer to, to test my accuracy.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
Example Sentence: (205 in 14 pages)
16  The aircraft's behavior was satisfactory on its first test flight.
17  I believe the first test of truly great man is his humility.
18  Without the results of the blood test, the doctor could only make a tentative diagnosis.
19  Check the acidity of the soil with a test kit.
20  He suggested a link between class size and test results of seven-year-olds.
21  To compare the effect of different substances on gastric acid secretion proper control solutions comparable with the test solution should be used.
22  To test the model under different conditions, it is necessary to run simulations on a computer.
23  In a consumer taste test, Coke went up against Pepsi.
24  But the results of the Christmas consumer test will give new heart to anyone browned off by the festive ripoff syndrome.
25  The questionnaire is to test customer reaction to the new store design.
26  The test of benefit of a class leaves the courts considerable discretion as to how to define the class.
27  Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
28  This experiment is designed to test the new drug.
29  A test tube is closed at one end and open at the other.
30  The success of wind power represents a litmus test for renewable energy.