TOO in a Sentence

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404 example sentences for TOO, such as:

1. It is never too late to mend.
2. He felt too lazy to get out of bed.
3. Men too seldom see their own faults.
4. She lay in bed, too feverish to sleep.
5. That was a great deal too smart for me.

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 Meanings and Examples of TOO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
too
 ad.  in addition, also
 ad.  more than is needed or wanted
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "I almost made a mistake, too," she declared vigorously.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  It was a halt, too, in my association with his affairs.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  I wonder if it'd be too much trouble to have the butler send them on.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  "Good men ever interpret themselves too meanly," said the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
6  But the air was too fresh and chill to be long breathed with comfort.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
7  Death was too definite an object to be wished for or avoided.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
8  One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  It is yet too early in life to despair of such a happiness.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
10  I have been too much at my ease, too happy, too frank.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
11  "She knows her own worth too well for false shame," replied Edward.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
12  That was a great deal too smart for me.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
13  They all looked their assent; it seemed too awful a moment for speech.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
14  Wopsle, too, took pains to present me in the worst light.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
15  And his person, his manners too, are all in his favour.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  I'm too tired to argue it out with you now.
17  Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.
18  The hole is too small; I can't push my arm through.
19  The skirt was too big around the waist.
20  When one loves one's art no service seems too hard.
21  The article makes too many false presumptions.
22  Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
23  It's not too much to ask of you to clean your own shoes.
24  This suitcase won't lock because it is too full.
25  He felt too lazy to get out of bed.
26  She lay in bed, too feverish to sleep.
27  If we all pitch in together, it shouldn't take too long.
28  I don't feel like cooking tonight, it's too much hassle.
29  It is never too late to mend.
30  Men too seldom see their own faults.