English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "The" in Example Sentences
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54574	The operation of a computer keyboard requires less effort than that of a manual typewriter.	CM
329543	The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.	fcbond
2537031	The traffic was lighter than we expected, so we got here a bit earlier than we expected to.	CK
3012473	The workers were furious that management had kept them in the dark about proposed job cuts.	patgfisher
43151	Then he got dressed, stuffed his lecture notes into his briefcase, and ran down the stairs.	CM
2744603	There are times when you need to fight for what's right, even at the risk of your own life.	CK
305381	They think it is necessary to study the school system and educational environment of Japan.	CM
62344	This complex situation arose because signals from the environment itself can be inadequate.	Zifre
243038	Today, automobiles have taken the place of horses as the principal means of transportation.	CM
3076563	Tom and Mary's house was broken into in broad daylight, while the family was in the garden.	Hybrid
3234178	Tom's car stalled when the lights turned green and the car behind ran into the back of him.	patgfisher
62167	Until quite recently, people in developed countries didn't care much about the environment.	CM
241800	We don't have time to finish checking the figures now, but we can go over them after lunch.	CM
271961	Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.	CM
40611	67% of those who never smoked said they worried about the health effects of passive smoking.	CM
1155909	First I'll look at the prices, and only then I'll decide whether I'll buy the camera or not.	marcelostockle
245195	For the other 600 million people, English is either a second language or a foreign language.	CK
290035	He was looking forward to spending the weekend with her in their little cottage in Somerset.	CK
284192	He writes a daily journal, and that inspired me to try doing the same thing, but in English.	papabear
3098812	I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the amazing renovations Tom had done on his house.	patgfisher
954043	It may seem like a lot of trouble to go through, but in the end, you'll be happy you did it.	CK
1030073	Mary is really great. She cooked a wonderful meal for me and even washed the dishes herself.	CK
3028954	Mary removed the band from her ponytail and allowed her hair to fall loosely about her neck.	Delian
1388740	Mary traveled into the future and found that climate change had destroyed all life on Earth.	Spamster
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
240481	The bank rate cut is expected to relieve the severe financial squeeze that has hit industry.	CM
322697	The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.	CK
66608	The fact that Britain had no national anthem before 1745 is in itself of little consequence.	CM
243991	The first question we must raise is whether a cultural barrier existed between those groups.	CM
329311	The front wheel plays an important role in two-wheeled vehicles moving without falling over.	fcbond
1334941	The police found boxes that contained marijuana and other drugs inside the trunk of the car.	CM
667970	The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.	CK
278869	The uncertainty about the weather has had a definite effect upon the Englishman's character.	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
327566	This time I stayed for the first time in a private villa, and it was really quite something.	CM
3315543	Tom got the corkscrew out of the drawer and opened the bottle of wine that Mary had brought.	CK
3087399	Tom tried to profit from the tragedy by creating a false Facebook page to collect donations.	Hybrid
3030567	Tom was impeccably dressed and well prepared for his job interview with the finance company.	patgfisher
433385	When I entered the coffee shop, two young men were watching a wrestling match on television.	CK
954606	When I got out of jail, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat at my favorite restaurant.	CK
954787	You probably eat genetically modified fruits and vegetables all the time without knowing it.	CK
847243	"When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window" is a saying as old as it is sad.	Source_Benedict_1921
290734	He asked the policeman how many people had been killed in traffic accidents the previous day.	CK
3024363	I arrived in Boston three days ago, but the rest of the family won't get here until tomorrow.	CK
240562	I expect you can tell from the quoted text, but this is a book written in a colloquial style.	Zifre
814513	I feel so bad for the baritone saxes, who often have 200 measures of nothing but whole notes.	Zifre
1559499	I have recently used the services of his travel agency to book a cruise in the Mediterranean.	sam_m
595591	In some areas of the world, you can still get sued if you slander or libel a deceased person.	saeb