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How to use jane in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Jane means a silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century. Example: “Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk.”

Examples of jane by meaning

nounA female client of a prostitute.

  • The Swedish system, seemingly, does not target “janes” (female clients of sex workers).2014 March 4, Justin Ling, “Opposition parties shy away from sex-work debate”, in Xtra

More sentences with jane

  • Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk.From the entry bunk
  • Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.From the entry super
  • Jane has this illusion that John is in love with her.From the entry illusion
  • Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.From the entry resignation
  • Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.From the entry hella
  • Jane Doe was ordained as an Episcopal priest last year in the Diocese of Edinburgh.From the entry episcopal
  • Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child.From the entry bow out
  • Jane stood out in a trendy top, matching mini skirt and black knee-length socks.From the entry knee-length
  • Jane mentioned a number of braggables in her college application, including her term as senior class president.From the entry braggable
  • Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.From the entry case
  • Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.From the entry class
  • Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.From the entry easy
  • Jane went on the pill when she left for college.From the entry pill
  • Jane was very influential in getting the motion passed.From the entry influential
  • Jane was a member of the Philatelic Society.From the entry philatelic
  • Jane was the chorister of her congregation's choir, and that occupied much of her time on the weekends.From the entry chorister
  • Jane talked back a little too often.From the entry talk back
  • Jane talked back to most of her teachers.From the entry talk back
  • Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.From the entry dissuade
  • Jane Austen, the secondborn daughter in a family of five boys and two girls, was very close to her sister older Cassandra.From the entry secondborn
  • Jane Molloy, glass of fizzing champagne in repetitively-stressed hand, stood and looked at her old friends.2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry in touch
  • "Jane Hartley is more talented and much more prepared than most of President Obama's 'ambassadonors'," Hendershott said.2015 January 13, James Warren, Dareh Gregorian, “U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley is big fundraiser for President Obama”, in New…. From the entry ambassadonor
  • Jane leans into the front seat and punches in a little doorknobby thing on the dashboard.1996 October, Brian Hall, chapter 18, in The Saskiad, London: Secker & Warburg, →ISBN, page 108. From the entry doorknobby
  • Jane Marcus illustrates how Woolf embeds "seductive sapphistry" in her works.1993, Janet Doubler Ward, JoAnna Stephens Mink, Communication and Women's Friendships. From the entry sapphistry
  • Jane Fonda may be a hit at the box office, but she is bombing out politically.1979 August 2, “Jane Fonda bombs out in the political arena”, in Deseret News, USA, retrieved 17 Jul 2011, page 3A. From the entry bomb out
  • Jane seems to think this a profitable bargain and, while noncommital about gains, intimates they are prospering.1939, Anne Winn Stevens, All Our Folks was Farmers. From the entry noncommital
  • Jane Wyman (right), Kansas City broadcastress, whom Warner has placed under contract for screen roles.1936 June 6, “This Week in Pictures”, in Motion Picture Herald, volume 123, number 10, page 44. From the entry broadcastress
  • Jane turned slowly toward the bureau, but merely from force of habit.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part II, Chapter IV, page 197. From the entry absentmindedly
  • Jane climbed a few more paces behind him and then peeped over the ridge.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 6, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC. From the entry swale
  • Jane tsked, still watching Neer’s work from over their shoulder.2022, Janelle Monáe, Danny Lore, “Nevermind”, in The Memory Librarian, Harper Voyager, →ISBN, page 104. From the entry tsk
  • Jane was everything I had hoped for and more.2019 January 29, Ellie Kemper, “What I Learned From the Cast of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 May 2021. From the entry never meet your heroes
  • Jane was taking her kids across the border into New York State at the Thousand Island border crossing.2017, Brenda Chapman, chapter 27, in Shallow End (A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery; 4), Toronto, Ont.: Dundurn, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry Thousand Island
  • Jane might think different, but this felt perfect to him.2014, Laura Stapleton, The Very Best Man, Stapleton Enterprises, →ISBN. From the entry goldilocks
  • Jane Jacobs would have loved him, if she wasn’t overcome by conniptions at his oozing influence over her beloved neighborhood streets.2010 November 10, John Caramanica, “Monopoly by Marc Jacobs”, in The New York Times. From the entry conniption
  • Jane spent another week in the Bubble, treated with acyclovir.2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry shingles
  • Jane . . . who was she but mere decoration as he proved his gunnish manhood . . . ?1989, Joe Rosenblatt, The Kissing Goldfish of Siam, Exile Editions, Ltd., →ISBN, page 28. From the entry gunnish
  • Jane Harrison was perceived by angry classicists, those strict formalists of her day who worshiped the text, as antitextual.1988, Shari Benstock, The private self, page 140. From the entry antitextual
  • Jane gets angry at Laura for lying.1980 August 30, Amy Hoffman, “Lesbian Family Retreats to the Safe Sex '50s”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 9. From the entry house-hunt
  • Jane lined up the girls and called out, "Dive!" The girls dived - mermaids for a piscatorial pageant.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 184. From the entry piscatorial

Meaning of jane

  1. noun A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
  2. noun A female client of a prostitute.

Full definition of jane

Questions about jane in a sentence

How do you use jane in a sentence?
Jane is used as a noun. For example: “Jane sleeps in the top bunk, and her little sister Lauren takes the bottom bunk.”
What is a short sentence with jane?
“Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.”
What does jane mean?
Jane means a silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.

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