English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "The" in Example Sentences
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3147909	Tom drove across town to a supermarket that sold things at cheaper prices than the supermarket near his house.	CK
897924	We're going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain.	CK
1110672	Why did you put the chicken in such a difficult place to get when you knew that I wanted to use it right away?	CK
320887	With his mother out of the way, Duke was able to proceed with his plan to embezzle the money from the company.	CM
302279	From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.	CM
953941	If you aren't careful about what you eat, you'll put back on all the weight that you spent so much time losing.	CK
268217	In preparation for painting a portrait, my friend takes many photographs in order to study the subject closely.	CM
667977	Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.	CK
3098975	Normally this wouldn't worry the pilot, but recently this kind of thing has been happening more and more often.	CK
954234	People often lie about what they did on the weekend, so their friends won't realize how boring they really are.	CK
1475453	The reason both brothers gave for remaining bachelors was that they couldn't support both airplanes and a wife.	CK
2027769	Tom was obsessed by the belief that, one by one, everyone around him was being abducted and replaced by aliens.	halfb1t
2742217	When asked what separates American men from European men, Zsa Zsa Gabor replied, "The Atlantic Ocean, darling."	Dejo
3097351	When Tom was working on the dairy farm, he had to get up at five o'clock every morning to go and milk the cows.	patgfisher
271033	A few people mentioned they would like to attend some sessions later in the day on the Technical Session Agenda.	CM
1481975	Consider the successes that have been achieved by tired, discouraged people who decided to give it one more try.	pigeonenglish
281390	The Japanese fiscal authorities are weighing measures to restore public confidence in their economic management.	CK
847082	The man who makes but one mistake a year because he makes but two decisions is wrong fifty per cent of the time.	Source_Benedict_1921
3116600	Tom lost so much weight that one of his friends walked straight past him in the street, without recognising him.	patgfisher
1067168	You should read the kind of books that contain the kind of information that will be useful to you later in life.	CK
38448	In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.	CM
954200	Native speakers sometimes make mistakes, but not usually the same kind of mistakes that non-native speakers make.	CK
1538637	School clubs need to clearly outline the community service projects they plan to do for the upcoming school year.	Chevere33
1141313	The World Health Organization says alcohol abuse is the third leading cause of death and disability in the world.	Source_VOA
890164	Babies can become dehydrated from a high fever, so I was told that it would be better to send him to the hospital.	Scott
1103171	Did you know that in Japan, if you have a tattoo, you won't be allowed to bathe in many of the hot spring resorts?	CK
1569364	The chances of dying from falling airplane parts are 30 times greater than the chances of being killed by a shark.	Spamster
3016785	The Himalayas were formed by the collision of the tectonic plates of India and Eurasia about 50 million years ago.	patgfisher
1951606	The police can't find a single person who remembers seeing you where you said you were on the night of the murder.	CK
847263	He is inclined to look at everything from the standpoint of its practicality and is neither stingy nor extravagant.	Source_Benedict_1921
898497	Just when I was getting the hang of things, I was in a traffic accident and had to stay two months in the hospital.	CK
3251269	Mary was pleasantly surprised, when she got home from work, to find that Tom had already prepared the evening meal.	patgfisher
1415525	The Belo Monte dam in Brazil is a controversial project because of its impact on the environment and native people.	Spamster
273273	He had heard that war had started, but it didn't sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army.	CM
1263687	I felt bad, so I was admitted into the hospital. However, it turned out that there was nothing really wrong with me.	CK
73298	In the late eighteenth century, a passport for an American was usually signed by the President of the United States.	CK
847264	Not long ago we heard a father say in the presence of his large family, "I don't want any of my boys to be lawyers."	Source_Benedict_1921
847265	Notice the hands of the people you meet and you will be surprised to see how different and how interesting they are.	Source_Benedict_1921
275860	Part of the charm of a big city lies in the variety of styles that can be seen in the architecture of its buildings.	CM
562881	Someone told me that Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. "	CK
2953980	The typical elements of a foreign culture are changed into the typical elements of the local culture of translators.	Guybrush88
1177871	When I went into his room, he showed me the numerous trophies he had won during the twenty years he had played golf.	bart
347794	A man touched down on the moon. A wall came down in Berlin. A world was connected by our own science and imagination.	CM
1398458	Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect, but rather that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.	bart
550824	Dr. Zamenhof believed that a language belongs to the people who speak it which is why he never copyrighted Esperanto.	Dejo
270411	The people crowded round the injured man, but they made way for the doctor when he reached the scene of the accident.	CM
53572	The strike had not been peaceful, however, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. begged both sides to be patient and calm.	CM
1989692	When I was studying to become a lawyer, my teachers told me to never ask a question that I didn't know the answer to.	CK
3002419	"Unfortunately the frankfurters split open when I was boiling them." "It doesn't matter, Tom. They still taste good."	patgfisher
1101528	There was a statement in the Asahi newspaper yesterday or the day before stressing that you shouldn't quote Wikipedia.	CK