UMPIRE in a Sentence

Learn UMPIRE 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.

Example sentences for UMPIRE, such as:

1. It's bad form to argue with the umpire.
2. An umpire stands behind the catcher in baseball.
3. The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.
4. A good answer by every umpire is to say that 'I saw it.'

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 Meanings and Examples of UMPIRE
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umpire
 n.  one who settles dispute or controversy between parties; referee or judge, especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game
Classic Sentence:
1  She had thought only of avoiding Captain Wentworth; but an escape from being appealed to as umpire was now added to the advantages of a quiet evening.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
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Example Sentence:
1  It's bad form to argue with the umpire.
2  An umpire stands behind the catcher in baseball.
3  The hot-headed tennis star became involved in an incident with the umpire.
4  The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.
5  A good answer by every umpire is to say that 'I saw it.'