English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Of" in Example Sentences
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329076	Psycho-horror films dealing with the mysteries of human psychology are popular these days.	fcbond
312922	She took advantage of our hospitality and stayed a whole month without paying us anything.	CK
62916	Smaller classes mean a higher standard of education, and that's what we want for our kids.	CM
63066	Some of Martin Luther King's supporters began to question his belief in peaceful protests.	CM
954304	Sometimes I think I'll never be on my own. Both of my parents always seem to need my help.	CK
46786	The main reason is that the subjects were totally unaware of the possibility of shortcuts.	CM
263455	The names of the students who failed in the examination were posted on the bulletin board.	CK
48016	They carried on with the construction in the face of strong opposition from the residents.	CK
3231293	Tom always says the best way to ruin a good cup of coffee is to put cream and sugar in it.	CK
2956707	Tom felt a little uneasy as he walked down the deserted street in the middle of the night.	CK
3329524	Tom's teacher wished him the best of luck in whatever he chose to do after leaving school.	patgfisher
954840	You're the only person I know besides me who is actually interested in this kind of thing.	CK
954856	You're the only person I know who doesn't take some kind of medicine at least once a week.	CK
847241	"Everything accomplished starts with the dream of it," is a saying we all know to be true.	Source_Benedict_1921
1141310	A study found that almost 10% of men were obese in 2008. That was up from about 5% in 1980.	Source_VOA
21811	As a rule, I prefer people who deal with matters of this kind directly with those involved.	blay_paul
35653	At the party, one of his political opponents humiliated him in the presence of many guests.	CK
48763	Because of its origins, Canadian English has features of both American and British English.	CK
295541	He's a financial analyst with a pretty good reputation for his analysis of economic trends.	CM
285606	I could understand the first few sentences, but the rest of his speech was all Greek to me.	papabear
71359	If you concentrate all your energies on the study of English, you will master the language.	CK
973638	In January of that year, we saw snow for four days, from the fourteenth to the seventeenth.	CK
667969	Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom the harder it is to get rid of it.	CK
847245	The best parents of all are those who allow their children to follow their natural talents.	Source_Benedict_1921
58347	The newspaper began to lose readers when it dispensed with one of its most popular writers.	CM
54574	The operation of a computer keyboard requires less effort than that of a manual typewriter.	CM
2744603	There are times when you need to fight for what's right, even at the risk of your own life.	CK
954398	There were many things that we wanted to do, but we never got around to doing many of them.	CK
305381	They think it is necessary to study the school system and educational environment of Japan.	CM
243038	Today, automobiles have taken the place of horses as the principal means of transportation.	CM
2639577	Tom is wearing a Halloween costume of some sort, but I'm not sure what he's supposed to be.	CK
3234178	Tom's car stalled when the lights turned green and the car behind ran into the back of him.	patgfisher
1898043	We sure ate a lot of hot dogs today. I never want to see another hot dog as long as I live.	CK
40611	67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking.	CM
1398513	A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.	bart
954043	It may seem like a lot of trouble to go through, but in the end, you'll be happy you did it.	CK
28812	It should be stressed that we are often influenced by advertising without being aware of it.	CK
885702	Lonely people tend to be afraid of meeting others, which ensures they will always be lonely.	Trailsend
1084496	South Guelderish is a dialect of Dutch spoken in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.	CM
1190893	The area of a triangle is half of the area of the rectangle with equivalent base and height.	CM
66608	The fact that Britain had no national anthem before 1745 is in itself of little consequence.	CM
1334941	The police found boxes that contained marijuana and other drugs inside the trunk of the car.	CM
2458017	The United States faced a Bubonic plague epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century.	MethodGT
1334049	The words are on the tip of my tongue, but I don't quite know how to say what I want to say.	CK
3315543	Tom got the corkscrew out of the drawer and opened the bottle of wine that Mary had brought.	CK
2750577	Tom usually wakes up at about six-thirty, but he doesn't usually get out of bed until seven.	CK
954606	When I got out of jail, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat at my favorite restaurant.	CK
269966	When people meet, first impressions determine more than 50 percent of whatever happens next.	CM
244770	While cleaning my room yesterday evening, I happened to find an old photograph of my mother.	CK
51803	A little knowledge of Spanish will go a long way toward making your trip to Mexico enjoyable.	CK