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Example sentences for "brought the"

  • At length he brought the car to a halt opposite an imposing doorway in front of which a glass roof extended over the pavement, and Janet demanded where they were.

  • He brought the car to a halt beside one of the small wooden shelters built for the convenience of passengers.

  • The movies brought the world to Hampton, the great world into which she longed to fare, brought the world to her!

  • She was a beautiful and wise maiden, and as she did not see the ring on his arm, she said, "I shall never believe that thou hast brought the apple, until I see the ring on thine arm.

  • Then the little one went and brought the box.

  • And as the yard-measure would have been too good for her, he brought the horsewhip, and gave her such cuts with it that she ran away in violent haste.

  • And he brought the tribe of Benjamin and the kindreds thereof, and the lot fell upon the kindred of Metri, and it came to Saul, the son of Cis.

  • And when they were put to death, I brought the sentence.

  • Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt even to this day: but have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.

  • A minute later he brought the truck to a stop.

  • Berry, as he brought the car to a standstill.

  • This done, the whole herd were ready to start, and we brought the ass to one of the ports to be the first to be launched.

  • We brought the door, too, from Falconhurst, and fitted it in the aperture we had made.

  • Says Mr. John Scott: 'You've brought the curse of Cain upon me!

  • I brought the paper in my pocket, ma'am, thinking, under all the circumstances, it would interest you and help to make you forget your own troubles.

  • The signor went away on the same day on which he brought the signora," deferentially answered the peasant, with a profound bow.

  • He brought the man to a stop with his bayonet within an inch of his breast.

  • He brought the edge of his axe down with a thud on the chain, and severed it easily.

  • Instantly he brought the machine to a stop, and turning the handle again, brought the elevator back to its former position, a shot coming from above as he did so.

  • He brought the car to a standstill and her released hand fell white and numb to her side.

  • He brought the car to a standstill under the lea of a low ridge of downs, at a point where an old chalk pit reared its white face, glimmering faintly in the darkness.

  • One day he was out rather late, and so was very late when he brought the food.

  • And so consequently after this rate and manner, I brought the Queen's Majesty, your sister, out of debt of the sum of ccccxxxvml.

  • Dialogus de Scaccario: "Finally, that nothing might be thought lacking, he brought the whole of his far-seeing measures to completion by despatching from his side his wisest men in circuit throughout the realm.

  • It was this which touched Vesta with the sense that perhaps she was not the only sufferer there, and pity, which saves many a lover when his merits could not win, brought the Judge's daughter to an impulsive determination.

  • He brought the news of Napoleon's first abdication to England, was knighted by the Prince Regent, and received Russian and Prussian orders of distinction for his services.

  • General Corbineau, finding from some peasants that the river was fordable three leagues above Borisoff, brought the news to Oudinot, who forthwith prepared to cross there.

  • We brought the troops to Twenty-eight street with the battery on Saturday morning, and at the same time there was a regiment at Torrens.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brought the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    brought away; brought down; brought forth; brought forward; brought from; brought her; brought here; brought home; brought near; brought nearer; brought out; brought over; brought them; brought together; brought upon; cotton field; footed mouse; great profusion; large band; last volume; lingua franca; shall explain; then occupied; then took; universal deluge; young gentleman