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Example sentences for "good share"

  • Creates a good share of energy and physical force, yet no more than is necessary to cope with surrounding difficulties; and, with large moral and intellectual faculties, manifests more mental than physical force.

  • On July 7th the Tecumseh brought a lot of mail from Key West for the Prairie and a good share of the day was put in in reading it.

  • A good share of the dryness was, however, confined to the weather and a careful search of the records fails to show that any inmate of the camp died of thirst, although there were some serious cases.

  • Remove a good share of the old branches after they have ripened the present season's crop.

  • Medical men well know--should any such condescend to look over this volume--what is meant when I affirm that I was not long in securing to myself a good share of standing patients.

  • But the same necessity which is so often the mother of invention, is also sometimes the progenitor of a good share of activity; and this was, in a remarkable degree, the lot of Miss Powell.

  • And there are several miles of cases and lots of costly wares and fabrics exposed here, a good share of which are quite as attractive as the great Diamonds, and intrinsically far more valuable.

  • Having the evening on my hands, I have spent a good share of it at the Opera, of which France is proud, and to the support of which her Government directly and liberally contributes.

  • I have not been long in Italy, yet I have gone over a good share of its surface, and seen nearly all that I much desired to see, except Naples and its vicinity, with the Papal territory on the Perugia route from Rome to Florence.

  • No matter where this gold goes, I shall have a good share of it, and this I am going to divide among our party, according to a fair scale.

  • But, even in that case, Burke and I think we ought to keep a good share of it to pay us for getting it away from that beastly desert.

  • If he does not come back, I shall make a bold stroke for widowhood; and if he does come back, he is bound, after all this, to give me a good share of that treasure.

  • Really, he was knee-deep in the muck; and I put in a good share of my vacation in trying to haul him back to solid ground.

  • Most things, including a good share of the Thirty-Nine Articles," Brenton made curt answer.

  • In fact," Catia added wisely; "they all say that there never does need to be too much work in a parish where a good share of the congregation are very young, and transients.

  • Both commit a crime against society, but a good share of the blame must fall upon the Italian himself for being satisfied with such surroundings.

  • These latter two nationalities are mentally and physically stronger, their needs are smaller, their wits are sharper, and as getting ahead always starts calumny, the Russian Jew gets a good share of it.

  • When he revisits his Fatherland, these weaknesses manifest themselves most; and then his adopted Fatherland comes in for a good share of the blame for his lack of manners.

  • When they went away a fairly good source of revenue had disappeared and with it a good share of unreasoning prejudice.

  • He readily believed me, as he already had a good share of piety, and of an interior disposition.

  • As he was very polite, and of an obliging temper, and had a good share of learning, I did not mistrust him.

  • Though Sister Garnier had a good share of both of grace and natural understanding, yet her words had not such an effect on this soul as those with which God furnished me, as she assured me herself.

  • If we inquire into the qualities of these stories which have given them such a universal acceptance, we shall find that they contain in a simple, transparent form a good share of the world's wisdom.

  • It will be a good share of the teacher's work in the preparation of the lesson to pick out and word these aims which centre upon the leading topics of the lesson.

  • But it is probable that children will learn to read fully as soon who spend a good share of their time in oral story work.

  • Its population is about 8,000, of which a good share is employed in the foundries, machine shops and mills that make up its business activity.

  • Several manufactories give it a wide-awake tone, and keep a good share of its five hundred inhabitants busy.

  • Doubtless a good share of this latter might be reclaimed and rendered productive by an extensive system of irrigating canals, but at present no incentive exists for enterprise of this character.

  • This pack-horse is a powerful black stallion that puts in a good share of his time trying to attack the other horses.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "good share" 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:
    good action; good actions; good aunt; good bearer; good captain; good circumstances; good citizen; good country; good crop; good husbandry; good intention; good international; good lass; good length; good living; good looking; good picture; good policy; good port; good sweet; good terms; good understanding; good voice; good while; good wind; leave school