English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "The" in Example Sentences
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744533	Whatever happened to acid rain?  You don't hear about it in the news anymore.	darinmex
2100021	When all was said and done, the world was not destroyed on December 21, 2012.	AlanF_US
2769283	When I was in college, I always studied most of the night just before a test.	CK
917241	When the bus swerved to miss a cat, the driver said, "That was a close call."	CK
3122955	When Tom went to the mailbox he found five letters, four of which were bills.	patgfisher
682322	Winning the election was a great victory for the candidate's political party.	Source_VOA
3241716	You can save yourself a lot of trouble by just doing it right the first time.	CK
997096	You need to stop complaining all the time about things that can't be changed.	CK
997103	You need to stop talking all the time and start listening to what others say.	CK
264711	You should make the most of this rare opportunity to demonstrate your talent.	CK
240093	You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.	Zifre
954843	You're the only person I know besides me who really understands this problem.	CK
2750874	"Are you still dating Tom?" "No, we broke up at the beginning of last month."	CK
72269	According to the ABC news, another jet-liner was hi-jacked in the Middle East.	CK
47203	Almost all of the passenger in the bus were asleep when the accident happened.	CK
241426	An international trade ban could be the last straw for that country's economy.	CM
1331447	As F. Scott Fitzgerald famously noted, the rich are different from you and me.	Spamster
389171	At present he lives by himself and the rest of the world means nothing to him.	CM
1474122	Because her parents got divorced, the girl had little contact with her father.	CK
266265	Because of the poor harvest, wheat prices have gone up in the last six months.	CK
278216	Birds can fly thousands of miles away and return to the same place every year.	CM
1209524	Boredom, routine, and lack of curiosity are the greatest enemies of our brain.	CM
241066	Congratulations on being accepted to the school you've always wanted to go to.	CM
271127	Eighty percent of all information on computers around the world is in English.	CK
279164	Even the repairman couldn't figure out what had gone wrong with the microwave.	CK
3024421	Even though Tom hadn't yet opened the box, he had a good idea what was inside.	CK
276075	Few, if any, Americans grasped the significance of what had been accomplished.	CM
69438	Have you ever been to Washington, the capital of the United States of America?	CM
298773	He draws on his childhood experiences for the material of most of his stories.	CM
47204	He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.	CK
295098	He learned of his friend's death in the automobile accident when he came home.	CM
304661	He made it known to his friends that he was unwilling to run for the election.	CM
288148	He solved the problem in five minutes that I had struggled with for two hours.	CM
2533457	I can't imagine anybody would be surprised if Tom didn't show up at the party.	CK
244427	I might have done well on yesterday's test, but I do not know the results yet.	CM
71953	I regret to say that the product you have asked for is currently out of stock.	CM
3231292	I ruined one of my best shirts when I spilled some battery acid on the sleeve.	CK
275600	I saw a bright red Ferrari parked at the campus gates and my jaw just dropped.	CK
1355473	I wanted to buy the huge stuffed bear at Ken's store, but it was not for sale.	CK
1334007	I was the last one to start in the race, but I soon caught up with the others.	CK
278396	I was walking down the street when suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder.	CK
321401	I'm the type who gets nervous in front of people, so I'm bad at speech making.	CK
953902	I've got 20 bucks that says we'll catch the escaped prisoners before daybreak.	CK
35662	I've mistakenly deleted the party information and registration you sent to me.	CM
899005	In countries such as Norway and Finland, they have lots of snow in the winter.	CK
32131	In many parts of the world, there is not enough food to meet everyone's needs.	Nero
73278	In the automotive industry of the 1970's, Japan beat the U.S. at its own game.	CK
241618	It is high time Japan played an important role in the international community.	CM
243663	It is rather cold again today, but tomorrow we expect the temperature to rise.	CK
308678	It seems to be difficult for her to get along with students in the new school.	CK