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Sentences starting with meant

Meant for a linguist.--Invaluable information. [6]
Meant for a fine old town, to ripen like a Cheshire cheese within its walls of ancient rind, burrowed by crooked alleys and mottled with venerable mould, it seems likely to sacrifice its mellow future to a vulgar material prosperity. [6]
Meant well,--meant well. [6]

Sentences ending with meant

For somehow when you get at the bottom of most crimes--the small ones leastways--you find they weren't quite meant. [11]
Some day she would discover what he meant. [9]
Could this be what the man meant? [9]
The doe knew what that meant. [4]
This then was what Katharina had meant. [10]
She wondered greatly what it all meant. [11]
That is not what I meant. [11]
Now I understand what he meant! [10]
His glance never wavered, though he understood instantly what she meant. [11]
Nor was there wanting an exact facsimile and copy of little Jacob, as he appeared in those remote times when they taught him what oysters meant. [12]

Short sentences using meant

It meant nothing to him. [11]
This economy meant so much! [5]
I meant no offence, senator! [10]
Yet I meant no wrong. [11]
They meant so much. [13]
That's what I meant. [9]
I knew he meant trouble. [11]
Success to Lise meant money. [9]
Well, I meant it. [9]
And he meant it. [9]

Sentences containing meant two or more times

He had loved Zoe in a way that in a mother would have meant martyrdom, if necessary, and in a father would have meant sacrifice when needed; and indeed he had sacrificed both time and money to find Zoe. [11]
If, when the worst should come to the worst, they meant to overthrow the government, they also meant to inherit the assets themselves, no doubt. [5]
Well he knew what the question in her eyes meant or something of what it meant, so inexplicably is the soul of woman linked to events. [9]
A sale of twenty-five sets a day meant prosperity on paper, but unless capital could be raised from some other source to make and market those books through a period of months, perhaps even years, to come, it meant bankruptcy in reality. [5]
Not evidence as to shootin', but evidence as to what that shootin' meant, an' whether it was meant to kill, an' what for. [11]
Already the few things she had meant to take away were secreted in a safe place some distance from the house, beside the path she meant to take when she left Jean Jacques for ever. [11]
He thought that perhaps she meant Jo, and he glanced towards the door; but she kept her eyes on him, and they told him that she meant himself. [11]
Halliday was a past master of their lodge, and they all meant what he meant. [11]
Though he had not asked her to go with him--only to meet in a secret place in the hills--she meant to do so, just as she once meant to marry Jean Jacques, and had done so. [11]
Joe, I never meant to--'pon my soul and honor, I never meant to, Joe. [5]

More example sentences with the word meant in them

Didn't I tell you, Michael Mitrich, that if it was said 'on the march' it meant in greatcoats? [2]
It meant, do you wish to go up there? [5]
Ian, she meant you to have the letter, and here it is. [11]
If I understood you rightly you meant to imply that your life had been attempted, and that one of those extraordinary old men devoted to Serapis had been murdered instead of you. [10]
I'm always making you out more than human...only, let me say--I meant that--about riding away. [13]
I dare say you meant no harm, and perhaps you will not now be able to understand why I was so grieved at what you will probably deem such a trifle; but grieved I was, and indignant too. [14]
I knew that you meant all you urged upon me; that you liked me. [11]
I see what you mean" (King had not intimated that he meant anything), "but don't you dare to say it. [4]
You see, if you marry the prince"--he meant the younger man--and he crooked one finger, "you forever lose the chance of marrying the other, and you will displease the court besides. [2]
Are you sure you have got what was meant clear in your mind? [11]
I know that you have felt hard towards me for turning over the canoe, and for knowing too much and leading you round and round in the snow--but I meant well; forgive me. [5]
Didn't I warn you fellows that Bedloe Hubbell meant business long before he started in? [9]
It was fifteen years since Soolsby had been in this room; and then he had faced this man's father with a challenge on his tongue such as he meant to speak now. [11]
They were evidently written honestly, and with feeling, and no doubt meant to be reverential. [6]
He had been written about considerably, and the public wouldn't have been satisfied without some new facts; and these I meant to have, and I got. [6]
Many a young writer will recall his words of encouragement at some period in his own career when the quiet appreciation of one meant more to him than did later the loud applause of many. [4]
I meant to write the letter this morning. [5]
I said I would, I meant it I'll marry you just as soon as I can clean up this mess of a strike. [9]
At first he would not; but when Caroche said that it was only his fun, that he meant nothing against Francois, the young man recited the words slowly--an epitaph on one who was little better than a prize-fighter, a splendid bully. [11]
That meant she would be burnt. [5]
I meant to work this racket more and more, as time wore on, if nothing occurred to frighten me. [5]
But I wouldn't wonder if it meant a squeeze. [4]
Him he found, without seeking him, outside the room meant for Hadrian's sitting-room, to which, while the Emperor still slept, he was endeavoring, with the help of his assistants, to give a comfortable and pleasing aspect. [10]
He greeted Andreas with cheerful kindness, and the freedman knew what he meant when, without waiting to be asked, he said: "We are out of the wood now; the fever has passed away. [10]
I meant to wind up with this latter great work, and then dismiss the subject for good. [5]
I don't know why I tell you, but maybe it was meant I should. [11]
She alone knew whom she meant when she spoke of the visitor she expected at Irenia, Archibius's estate. [10]
Most of those who were out and about were going in the opposite direction; they meant to await the grand reception of Caracalla at the eastern end of the city, on his way from the Kanopic Gate to the Gate of the Sun. [10]
And I meant, when I gave my wife a house, to have it the best in the city. [9]
My father failed when he came to Coniston--he was not meant for business, and Uncle Jethro took care of him all his life, and paid his debts. [9]
I said that what you thought of me meant more to me than what any one else in the world thought; and that I say now, and will always say it. [11]
He alone understood what was meant by "scenery. [4]
We didn't know what they meant, or how to set about their accomplishment, but they were not, at least, mere selfish aspirations; they implied, unconsciously no doubt, an element of service, and certainly our ideal of marriage had something fine in it. [9]
Yet, no matter what they meant, here and now nothing should come between her and the beloved departed. [10]
I asked him what they meant by sending that slick Mr. Tooting 'raound to offer me five hundred dollars. [9]
We knew then what the poet meant when he sang of: "--thy cornfields green, and sunny vines, O pleasant land of France! [5]
Now Hodder saw what the little librarian had meant by an authority restored. [9]
Was not that what she meant when she bewailed her woman's helplessness? [8]
She told Nicolas what she meant to do, and begged him to take the steward through the Spanish army to the Hague. [10]
And that is what Paul meant when he said that it freed us from the law. [9]
The princess understood what Natasha had meant by the words: "two days ago this suddenly happened. [2]
We, too, understood what it meant, and Don Luis knew him far better than we. [10]
This, then, was what it meant to be a mother! [9]
This, then, was what it meant to be a lawyer of importance, to have, like a Chesterfield, an ante-room where clients cooled their heels and awaited one's pleasure... [9]
If I meant what I told you, do you think I'd have been so mad as to tell you so much, damn it? [11]
I didn't know what he meant, and I began to think, says she, he must be crazy. [6]
Shorland was thinking what all this meant to Clare Hazard and Luke Freeman. [11]
All his hopes were wrecked, for this meant that Omar still ruled and that the attempt on the Khaliff's life had failed. [10]
To him they were incapable of the real business of life, and were only meant to be housekeepers to men who make the world go round. [11]
Pique and pride were in her heart, and she meant Ian Stafford to remember. [11]
But if he went back it was also clear that he must go back with intentions more explicit than before, and now he had to ask himself just how much or how little he had meant by going there. [8]
He knew too well what this meant, and the probable series of symptoms of which it was the prelude. [6]
Prexaspes only too well understood what that pressure meant, when given by a royal hand, and murmured: "Poor Bartja! [10]
Cynthia knew very well that Ephraim meant to lay hands on Mr. Worthington, and it would indeed have been a disastrous hour for the first citizen if the old soldier had ever got into his library. [9]
What I meant, was, that I would break one of his legs, or something of that sort; but in Lucerne I instantly saw that I could impair his mind. [5]
All they meant was yet far away from my grasp, but the one supreme result that was first up to me brought me near to fainting in my weakness. [9]
At first it was thought he was joking, but when at last, in his calm and dreamy look, they saw he meant what he said, they rose and carried him round the room on a chair, making impromptu songs as they travelled. [11]
For now he was sure that Mrs. Falchion meant to make his position as a clergyman impossible; to revenge herself on him for no wrong that, as far as he knew, he ever did directly to her. [11]
The scheme she was plotting was meant to punish him who had pained her; but she forgot that it might cost these brave men, husbands and fathers, their life or liberty. [10]
But lord, it was only just words, words--they meant nothing in the world to him, I might just as well have whistled. [5]
I said I was obliged to him for his compliment, since I knew he meant it for one, but that I was not fairly entitled to it, for I did not speak English at all--I only spoke American. [5]
But then, it was objected, that he was an objectless bear--a bear that meant nothing in particular, signified nothing,--simply stood there snarling over his shoulder at nothing--and was painfully and manifestly a boorish and ill-natured intruder upon the fair page. [5]
Yet the blow was not unkindly meant, for even while he drew back she voluntarily clasped both his hands, scrutinized him intently from head to foot, and said calmly: "Welcome to the old home, Sir Knight! [10]
But such immunity was not to be granted to the emperor's sweetheart, who could so audaciously reject two brothers accustomed to easy conquests; her demure severity could hardly be meant seriously. [10]
To me she was never anything but a pretty plaything; still, there were moments when I believed--poor soul!--I first learnt what love meant through you, how great and how sacred it is!--Now you know all; this, indeed, is the truth! [10]
We knew who was meant when she was mentioned; we could say "she" and "her," but we could not speak the name. [5]
But the story was meant to be readable for those who did not care for its underlying philosophy. [6]
Mr. Spence, who was attempting to entertain the two daughters-in-law, was clearly distrait--if his glances meant anything. [9]
In fact, it was after the simple strangers had left the government care that March feared their woes might begin; and he would have liked the government to follow each of them to his home, wherever he meant to fix it within our borders. [8]
Within its stern walls Nathaniel Durrett had made a model universe of his own, such as the Deity of the Westminster Confession had no doubt meant his greater one to be if man had not rebelled and foiled him.... [9]
When a lady walks the streets, she leaves her virtuous-indignation countenance at home; she knows well enough that the street is a picture-gallery, where pretty faces framed in pretty bonnets are meant to be seen, and everybody has a right to see them. [6]
You heard his voice speaking to you sometimes; you understood what he meant to say to you? [11]
But just what--in view of his past strict orthodoxy and limited congregation --Mr. Engel meant, he could not have said. [9]
That made the very bones of my body turn cold, and I saw cheeks about me blanch--for it meant fire and the stake! [5]
Nicholas, having as usual exhausted two pairs of horses, without visiting all the places he meant to go to and where he had been invited, returned home just before dinner. [2]
These illustrations help us to understand what is meant by literary integrity. [4]
The Lord gave us brains, and meant that we should use them. [9]
It "stirred him up," but in an agreeable way; for, as he said, he meant to devote himself to family practice, and not to adopt any limited class of cases as a specialty. [6]
His face lighted up with joy as he saw her; but, when she repeated the old, disquieting request, he anxiously begged to know what she meant by it. [10]
Presently she looked up timidly through her tears, and said: "My lord the king, I pray you pardon me, for I meant no wrong. [5]
Kutuzov did not understand what Europe, the balance of power, or Napoleon meant. [2]
His father could understand that as he chose, and doubtless he would understand it as it was meant, as a dutiful and affectionate desire on the part of a son to make his old father happy for a moment. [5]
That he ordered two wreaths is perfectly certain; and if he meant one for Korinna's picture, he surely intended the other for our mother. [10]
Fate meant to try him to the uttermost. [11]
I've got seven trunks, and I undertook to be courier because I meant to express them to Florence direct, but we were a couple of days too late. [5]
Boyne had said truly that the French fleet meant to come soon. [11]
But it was true that what she saw meant a great deal. [6]
Through all his troubles, he held grimly to the ideal which meant more to him than ease and comfort,--that he had served his country for the love of it. [9]
If we ever tried to reason with him, he would threaten to stop his paper, and, of course, that meant bankruptcy and destruction. [5]
A time of trembling, of doubt, of awful uneasiness followed, for non-success meant absolute ruin and nothing short of it. [5]
Our records of travel also explain in detail what this educator meant by the words "unity with life"; for our attention was directed not only to beautiful views or magnificent works of art and architecture, but to noteworthy public institutions or great manufactories. [10]
I meant to trap him with a deep, deep ruse. [5]
They meant to train them to a harmonious development of mind and body; and upon these young people their pure spirit of patriotism exerted a vast influence. [10]
Suddenly with a toss Jethro drained the glass of spirit, though he had not meant to do so. [11]
We are soldiers too; and you will understand I meant no bragging in my letter. [11]
But he smiled too, for he realized that his being where he was alone meant that the army had moved on over that last hill; and that there would soon be the Relief for which England prayed. [11]
Lajeunesse knew only too well what this demonstration meant. [11]
My excitement was too great to analyze what he meant by this mention of my father.... [9]
They meant that to-morrow Kruger's ultimatum would be delivered and that the worst must be faced. [11]
I only meant to write about the churches, but I keep wandering from the subject. [5]

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