English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "The" in Example Sentences
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350183	Lucy and I have about the same number of friends.	human600
31857	Mabel loves to chew the fat while playing bridge.	CM
667923	Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.	CK
3311885	Many drivers drive slightly over the speed limit.	CK
274965	Many people were killed as a result of the storm.	CM
2640086	Mary and the other women left thirty minutes ago.	CK
31984	Mary played the role of an old woman in the play.	CM
3060730	Mary stretched the clothesline between the trees.	sharptoothed
680248	Mary was using drugs, so the police arrested her.	Source_VOA
1392596	Mass production lowers the cost of certain goods.	CM
320606	Mom was at a loss about what to do with the mess.	CM
807653	More than half of the Union troops were captured.	Source_VOA
807654	Most of the Dutch in New Amsterdam did not leave.	Source_VOA
807655	Mr. Clinton was governor of Arkansas at the time.	Source_VOA
1490621	Mr. Yamada is in charge of the personnel section.	CK
29860	Mrs. Lark played the piano and the children sang.	CK
65301	Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world.	CK
37804	Much to my surprise, the door opened noiselessly.	CM
1230530	My boyfriend still hasn't been to the Great Wall.	alec
541767	My brother is the proud father of a new baby boy.	darinmex
1159811	My cellphone beeps if the battery is running low.	CK
319157	My father disapproved of my going to the concert.	CK
319063	My father often goes fishing in the river nearby.	CM
394111	My father often reads the newspaper during meals.	CK
455526	My father was about to leave when the phone rang.	FeuDRenais
250459	My favorite pastime is strolling along the shore.	sacredceltic
275586	My first day in the university was rather boring.	Eldad
273848	My grandfather made the company what it is today.	CK
276700	My homeroom teacher is the same age as my mother.	CK
320828	My mother is busy planting flowers in the garden.	CK
320657	My mother was happy about the news, and so was I.	CK
1424457	My parents told me we should respect the elderly.	CM
22407	My responsibility is to keep the company solvent.	aka_aj
250191	My sixty-year-old aunt inherited the huge estate.	CK
250257	My uncle died of cancer of the stomach yesterday.	CM
1455269	My younger brother swims every day in the summer.	CK
278256	Naomi shifted her bag from one hand to the other.	CK
1937696	No one seems to have the guts to do that anymore.	CK
276674	Nobody can put anything over on the bureau chief.	CM
2537609	Nobody told me where the meeting was going to be.	CK
807656	North Korea decided the time was right to invade.	Source_VOA
38776	Not knowing what to do, we telephoned the police.	CM
673951	Nothing out of the ordinary happened on our trip.	CK
402345	Nothing tastes as good as the food that you make.	CK
319404	Now that his father was dead, he owned the store.	CM
326440	Old people are inclined to look back on the past.	CM
65121	On New Year's Eve, the trains will run all night.	gracefully
1535640	One day, Pablo got lost in the Guatemalan jungle.	Cainntear
34350	One of the twins is alive, but the other is dead.	CK
246701	One third of the friends I grew up with are dead.	CM