UMBRELLA in a Sentence

Learn UMBRELLA 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.

67 example sentences for UMBRELLA, such as:

1. Robert held his umbrella over her.
2. She jabbed me in the arm with her umbrella.
3. A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
4. He moved the umbrella in indication and tittered again.
5. Could you identify your umbrella among a hundred others.

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 Meanings and Examples of UMBRELLA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
umbrella
 n.  a device for protection against the rain or sun for a person
 n.  something that includes or represents a group or range of similar things
Classic Sentence: (59 in 4 pages)
1  Beside him marched his black valet who was nearly as old as Uncle Henry, with an open umbrella held over them both.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
2  Uncle Henry was minus his umbrella and carpetbag now, and his fat stomach as well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  She had no umbrella and the moisture quickly penetrated her thin spring dress.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
4  Some ragged little boys from the depot sold pop and iced lemonade under a white umbrella at the corner, and made faces at the spruce youngsters who came to dance.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: VIII
5  Among my graduation presents there was a silk umbrella from Mrs. Harling, with my name on the handle.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XIII
6  "Here, take the umbrella," she exclaimed, holding it out to him.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In I
7  She looked up in his face, leaning on his arm beneath the encircling shadow of the umbrella which he had lifted.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VIII
8  He put on his big straw hat, and taking his umbrella from the stand in the hall, followed the lady in black, never overtaking her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII
9  Robert held his umbrella over her.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII
10  Coming down the street toward him was a lady, well dressed, and protected by an umbrella; and he turned and walked beside her.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
11  He was very careful of his valise and umbrella, bringing them in with his own hands, and resisting, pertinaciously, all offers from the various servants to relieve him of them.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  So, as he stood carefully stroking his umbrella, and folding and patting down all the creases in it, he proceeded on with his exhortations in a general way.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
13  The friendly little old man shook it heartily, and after a little shower of caution, he took his umbrella, and fumbled his way out of the room.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  He marched towards the group, striking the flags with the heels of his boots and with the ferrule of his heavy umbrella.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
15  He moved the umbrella in indication and tittered again.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  She should know better than to poke the animal with her umbrella.
2  She jabbed me in the arm with her umbrella.
3  A sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out.
4  Be careful not to poke someone in the eye with your umbrella.
5  She absent-mindedly left her umbrella on the bus.
6  Could you identify your umbrella among a hundred others.
7  They generly had on yellow straw hats most as wide as an umbrella, but didn't wear no coats nor waistcoats, they called one another Bill, and Buck, and Hank, and Joe, and Andy, and talked lazy and drawly, and used considerable many cuss words.
8  Scotland's long debate over whether the country should become independent has proved a bonanza for printers of bumper stickers, posters, balloons and even umbrellas.