How to use quotation in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun
Quotation means a fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech. Example: “"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.”
Examples of quotation by meaning
nounA fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
- "Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.
nounThe act of quoting someone or something.
- Quotation is an art the difficulty of which may easily be underrated by paragraph-writers or by persons who do not write at all.1905 December, H[enry] W[alcott] Boynton, “Books New and Old”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and...
nounA price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
- Let's get a quotation for repairing the roof before we decide whether it's worth doing.
More sentences with quotation
- Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.From the entry savory
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:keep a weather eye open.From the entry keep a weather eye open
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:jump before one is pushed.From the entry jump before one is pushed
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:up to one's neck in alligators.From the entry up to one's neck in alligators
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:make someone hard to catch.From the entry make someone hard to catch
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:a camel is a horse made by committee.From the entry a camel is a horse made by committee
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:cute girls doing cute things.From the entry cute girls doing cute things
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:a yard of pump water.From the entry a yard of pump water
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:gods may do what cattle may not.From the entry gods may do what cattle may not
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow.From the entry sure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:every accusation is a confession.From the entry every accusation is a confession
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.From the entry june
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:September.From the entry September
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjective.From the entry adjective
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abaction.From the entry abaction
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandoned.From the entry abandoned
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abandonment.From the entry abandonment
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abased.From the entry abased
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abatement.From the entry abatement
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abiding.From the entry abiding
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ablaqueation.From the entry ablaqueation
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:about.From the entry about
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:above-mentioned.From the entry above-mentioned
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abreast.From the entry abreast
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abstringe.From the entry abstringe
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abut.From the entry abut
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accidentally.From the entry accidentally
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:libre.From the entry libre
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:orange.From the entry orange
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:man.From the entry man
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bank.From the entry bank
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:work.From the entry work
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abstinence.From the entry abstinence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:accountancy.From the entry accountancy
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:paraskavedekatriaphobia.From the entry paraskavedekatriaphobia
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:twelve.From the entry twelve
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.From the entry women
Meaning of quotation
- noun A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
- noun The act of quoting someone or something.
- noun A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
Questions about quotation in a sentence
- How do you use quotation in a sentence?
- Quotation is used as a noun. For example: “"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.”
- What is a short sentence with quotation?
- “For quotations using this term, see Citations:June.”
- What does quotation mean?
- Quotation means a fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quotation (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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