How to use essay in a sentence

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• The essay was praised for its abstractive qualities, showing insight rather than repetition.From the entry abstractive
• Pay attention to the teacher's comments in the margin of your marked essay.From the entry comment
• The teacher told us that the next exercise is to write an essay.From the entry exercise
• His essay was a word-for-word copy of one on the Internet.From the entry word-for-word
• You're really going to get some brownie points from the teacher for that fantastic essay!From the entry brownie point
• My rushed attempt at an essay received a predictably poor grade.From the entry rushed
• How convenient that you caught a cold the night before your essay was due.From the entry convenient
• After you hand in your essays, I will give both grades and feedback.From the entry feedback
• The parts of your essay should dovetail so that it is cohesive and coherent.From the entry dovetail
• The professor pulled her essay apart in front of the entire class.From the entry pull apart
• It took me all night to hammer out the first draft of my essay.From the entry hammer out
• The essay attempts to play down the role slavery had in the Civil War.From the entry play down
• She wrote an essay taking stock of the movement at midcentury.From the entry midcentury
• I've been banging away at the essay for ages, but it still isn't finished.From the entry bang away
• Some students pad out their essays by adding a whole lot of quotes from random sources.From the entry pad out
• Stop fooling around like a loony tune and get to work on your essay!From the entry loony tune
• Typing up these notes into a finished essay will take some time.From the entry type up
• I lost my essay and had to write it over again.From the entry over again
• I'll cover some more ground with the essay after my vacation.From the entry cover ground
• This is the worst-written essay I've ever seen.From the entry worst
• The teacher asked students to submit essays with proper annotation.From the entry annotation
• I've been sweating over my essay all day.From the entry sweat
• John wrote 15 sides for his essay!From the entry side
• All of these essays have a common thread.From the entry thread
• I had to write the essay out twice longhand – they wouldn’t let me print it out. It took forever!From the entry longhand
• He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.From the entry rehash
• My essays are in the folder named "Schoolwork".From the entry folder
• He got a grade of B minus for his essay.From the entry minus
• I always invite criticism of my essays.From the entry invite
• His essay was opinionated, which was a problem because the assignment had been to write a factual analysis.From the entry opinionated
• The two essays were the same, word for word.From the entry word for word
• The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations.From the entry exceed
• This essay has too much exposition in it.From the entry exposition
• Your essay should be two pages, tops.From the entry tops
• She wrote an essay expounding the tenets of Scottish separatism.From the entry separatism
• I had to unindent the first line of each paragraph so that my essay would fit onto one side of paper.From the entry unindent

Meaning of essay

1. noun A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
2. noun A test, experiment; an assay.
3. noun An attempt.

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How do you use essay in a sentence?

Essay is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Shall we essay a walk on the promenade?”

What is a short sentence with essay?

“I always invite criticism of my essays.”

What does essay mean?

Essay means a written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.