How to use example in a sentence

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• Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.From the entry passive voice
• He gave us a comparative example to illustrate how the human mind works.From the entry comparative
• To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.From the entry doctor
• He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.From the entry live
• None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.From the entry none
• His lectures held up Napoleon as an example of the phenomenon.From the entry hold up
• The "four rules" of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are examples of binary operations.From the entry binary operation
• Gasoline prices show the mill as a fraction, for example $3.59+⁹⁄₁₀.From the entry fraction
• An example of a miracle associated with Muhammad is the splitting of the moon.From the entry miracle
• An example of a functional is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.From the entry functional
• The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word.From the entry sesquipedalian
• There must have been dozens of examples just on the first page.From the entry dozen
• My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?From the entry manhood
• To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook.From the entry refer
• Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.From the entry obnoxious
• To urinate on someone’s grave is an example of a way to defile it.From the entry defile
• SETI is a well-known example of distributed computing, with over five million computer users involved.From the entry distributed computing
• Cabrera's Valentine's Day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.From the entry snark
• Examples of haploid cells are prokaryotes and the gametes of eukaryotes.From the entry haploid
• What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.From the entry cooking
• A famous example of qualified property can be found in most wildlife preserves.From the entry qualified property
• For example, an ichnofossil might be the preserved track an animal, or its burrow.From the entry ichnofossil
• The leadoff batter began the inning with a double, setting a good example for the following players.From the entry leadoff
• The villagers revered their religious leader for his example of pious conduct.From the entry revered
• A beautiful example of this type of Madonna is the polyptych in the Museo Civico in Sansepolcro.From the entry madonna
• This is an example of what magicians (and unfortunately phony psychics) call a "cold read".From the entry cold read
• Octopuses and squids are examples of animals that have blue blood.From the entry blue blood
• Typical examples of static sites include small-business web sites that serve as online brochures.From the entry static site
• This is but one example of the hard decisions that must be made near end of life.From the entry end-of-life
• The "four rules" +, -, × and ÷ are examples of binary operators.From the entry binary operator
• Verdigris is lightfast in oil paint, as numerous examples of fifteenth-century paintings show.From the entry lightfast
• Bézier curves are applied, for example in computer graphics and animation, to produce smooth, infinitely scalable curves.From the entry Bézier curve
• All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas.From the entry put across
• The relation of logical implication over sentences is an example of a preorder.From the entry preorder
• Windmilling the arms and rotating the hand from the wrist are examples of circumduction.From the entry circumduction
• "If it rains, the ground gets wet" is an example of a zero conditional.From the entry zero conditional
• "If Columbus hadn't discovered America, he wouldn't have been famous" is an example of the third conditional.From the entry third conditional

Meaning of example

1. noun Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
2. noun Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
3. noun Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

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Questions about example in a sentence

How do you use example in a sentence?

Example is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.”

What is a short sentence with example?

“Nelson Mandela was an example for many to follow.”

What does example mean?

Example means something that is representative of all such things in a group.