Sentence Examples

1. She had no tolerance for pain and sickness and derived some illogical satisfaction from thinking how bad Jeremy would feel if she did die.
2. It was the kind of art people bought because it was an investment, not because they derived any enjoyment from looking at it.
3. This distressed me greatly, because the pleasure derived from having read such a small portion turned to vexation at the thought of the poor chance that presented itself of finding the large part that, so it seemed to me, was missing of such an interesting tale.
4. He very much feared that Miss Fairfax derived more evil than good from them.
5. There will never be a really free and enlightened State, until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
6. When I say proficiency, I mean that perfection in the game which includes a comprehension of all the sources whence legitimate advantage may be derived.
7. Exceedingly great was the amusement the two gentlemen derived from hearing Don Quixote recount the strange incidents of his history and if they were amazed by his absurdities they were equally amazed by the elegant style in which he delivered them.
8. They were forced to believe that the captain of the musketeers was desirous of preserving an incognito on his route, for Athos derived from his inquiries an assurance that such a cavalier as he described had exchanged his horse for a well-closed carriage on quitting Avignon.
9. Lap, in the old obsolete language, signifies high and untuh, a governor from which they say, by corruption, was derived Laputa from Lapuntah.
10. We knew Cú Roí and his Therians derived power from the humans, and such power, too!