TIER in a Sentence

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Example sentences for TIER, such as:

1. The cells were in tiers, opening upon galleries.
2. We have introduced an extra tier of administration.
3. I saw him once in the theatre, in the third tier of boxes.
4. A deep bass note in response came from the upper tier, followed by coughs of protest along the other benches.
5. Natasha, smoothing her gown, went in with Sonya and sat down, scanning the brilliant tiers of boxes opposite.

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 Meanings and Examples of TIER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tier
 n.  a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; one of two or more layers one atop another
Classic Sentence:
1  A deep bass note in response came from the upper tier, followed by coughs of protest along the other benches.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  I saw him once in the theatre, in the third tier of boxes.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: III
3  Old London Bridge was soon passed, and old Billingsgate Market with its oyster-boats and Dutchmen, and the White Tower and Traitor's Gate, and we were in among the tiers of shipping.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
4  The cells were in tiers, opening upon galleries.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
5  The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a "To Let" card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
6  Natasha, smoothing her gown, went in with Sonya and sat down, scanning the brilliant tiers of boxes opposite.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VIII
Example Sentence:
1  We have introduced an extra tier of administration.