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1. The animals believed every word of it.
2. In a word,the whole plan fell through.
3. The word 'Redskins' was on every lip.'
4. Love rules his kingdom without a word.
5. She didn't seem able to get out a word.

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word
 n.  a unit of language to express meanings
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Finally, he examined with his glass the word upon the wall, going over every letter of it with the most minute exactness.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  She didn't seem able to get out a word.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
3  "The word RACHE, written in letters of blood," he said.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4  "I will now cut one of these pills in two," said Holmes, and drawing his penknife he suited the action to the word.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
5  The word 'Redskins' was on every lip.'
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
6  A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power which was suspended over them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
7  Without a glance or a word to the cowering women, he walked up to the white silent figure which had once contained the pure soul of Lucy Ferrier.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
8  "I'll sit down, with your leave," the prisoner said, suiting the action to the word.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
9  I got so close to them in the bustle that I could hear every word that passed between them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
10  He went in, leaving word that I should wait for him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
11  I suppose he thought we had come to the hotel that he had mentioned, for he got out without another word, and followed me down the garden.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
12  I give you my word that all the way, the father and the daughter were walking in front of us.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
13  The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
14  He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigid and twitching.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
15  The animals believed every word of it.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  She started gabbling away at me in Spanish and I didn't understand a word.
17  You can use italics or capitals to emphasize a word in a piece of writing.
18  If you capitalised a word, you use a capital letter at the beginning or for the whole of it.
19  If you capitalized a word, you use a capital letter at the beginning or for the whole of it.
20  The English word " television " is a mongrel because " tele " comes from Greek and " vision " from Latin.
21  His voice was harsh as he enunciated each word carefully.
22  Don't let me wait, wait until the widder then see you I am afraid I've language do word poor.
23  One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life.
24  While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when 'tis once spoken, 'tis another's.
25  In a word,the whole plan fell through.
26  The word "dentist"denotes a doctor whose work is the care of teeth.
27  Love rules his kingdom without a word.
28  Accent the word "woman"on the first syllable.
29  As you listen, you notice how every single word is imbued with a breathless sense of wonder.
30  The word "Impossible" is not in my dictionary.