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How to use benjamin in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Benjamin means a balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin. Example: “Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.”

More sentences with benjamin

  • Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.From the entry letter
  • Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.From the entry arbitrary
  • Benjamin Franklin established the identity of electricity and lightning.From the entry identity
  • Benjamin, of course, already had a job and he was happy with it.2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 23. From the entry shamba boy
  • Benjamin stood, gasping for breath and looking down at the dead corsair.1992, Shirl Henke, Return to Paradise, Leisure Books (Mm), →ISBN, page 408. From the entry seawolf
  • Benjamin had already been gazetted captain and Kopp was in process of being gazetted major.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC. From the entry gazette
  • Benjamin left to join his minister-man to work his own piece of land in a place called Sligoville.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 336. From the entry Sligoville
  • Benjamin Franklin was the colonies’ master statesman and cunning linguist who charmed the pantaloons off the court of Versailles.2010 May, Spencer Walker, Cook to Bang: The Lay Cook's Guide to Getting Laid, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry the pantaloons off
  • Benjamin felt a nose nuzzling at his shoulder.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter X, in Animal…. From the entry nuzzle
  • Benjamin crossed his right, a short punch traveling less than six inches, as he and Murphy stepped back from the breakaway.1919 December 9, Louis H. Jaffe, “Murphy Put Away by Blow on Break”, in Evening Public Ledger, volume VI, number 74, Philadelphia, Pa.…. From the entry sucker punch
  • Benjamin White, as an antidote to yellow journalism.1915, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Psmith, Journalist. From the entry yellow journalism
  • Benjamin Gonzales is a suspect in Dondi Johnson's murder - the only suspect we've ever had and the only suspect we ever will have.2002, Robert Scott, Savage, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 67. From the entry technicality
  • Benjamin Katz of North Bergen, N.1947 June 1, “24 FROM THIS AREA IN MARYLAND DEAD; Union City Woman Was Flying to Funeral -- North Bergen Couple on First Air Trip”, in The…. From the entry jestingly
  • Benjamin Ridge proposed the fantastic theory that the viscera were represented by definite areas on the tongue and that an abnormality in a viscus was reflected in this predetermined area.1952, Richard W. Vilter, “Sore Tongue and Sore Mouth”, in Cyril Mitchell MacBryde, editor, Signs and symptoms: Applied Pathologic…. From the entry glossology

Meaning of benjamin

  1. noun A balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin.
  2. noun A type of tree which produces benzoin or has similar properties; specifically, Styrax benzoin, Lindera benzoin; a Benjamin bush.
  3. noun A kind of upper coat for men.

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Questions about benjamin in a sentence

How do you use benjamin in a sentence?
Benjamin is used as a noun. For example: “Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters.”
What is a short sentence with benjamin?
“Benjamin Katz of North Bergen, N.”
What does benjamin mean?
Benjamin means a balsamic resin from the bark of Styrax trees used in perfumes, incense, and medicine; benzoin resin.

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