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Example sentences for "had enough"

  • I had enough to make a man serious before, when I had to face the world without money or interest.

  • Two and ninepence went like a flash, but at least I had enough to keep myself going for some days.

  • Say when you've had enough, Munro," said he.

  • I've had enough of their wretched wedding!

  • Just dry up, d'ye hear, because I've had enough of it!

  • Also it would evaporate and it was expensive, Furthermore, after making a long drive or pulling a heavy load, you never knew whether you still had enough alcohol to protect your motor from a freeze-up.

  • They said you could run the front bumper up against a tree and it had enough power to sit there and spin the wheels on dry land.

  • By connecting enough live ones together, I had enough current to light flashlight bulbs.

  • He had enough influence to place his only son as junior clerk in the account department of one of the Dock Companies.

  • I had enough sagacity to understand that.

  • Surely you and she must have had enough of shore people and their confounded half-and-half ways to last you both for a lifetime.

  • She rested her eyes on my face as though in doubt whether I had enough femininity in my composition to understand the case.

  • Mr Powell's comment was: "Fancied he'd had enough of it?

  • I had enough of that to last me all my life.

  • After doing all you can to make yourself indispensable, you now say: get on as best you can alone; I've had enough; I must go.

  • And as I was afraid he would murder me, I was going to give him this off my finger, and my watch out of my pocket, but that the fellow said he had enough, and his leaving these, surprised me almost as much as taking the rest.

  • The boy ate a little of it, then said he had enough, gave her a thousand blessings and thanks, and marched off with a silver spoon, and a pair of forceps of the same mettle, which lay in the shop as he passed through.

  • Tom's pistol once more, and now the snake had evidently had enough of it, for it uncoiled slowly and fell to the ground in a heap, where it slowly shifted from one spot to another until life was extinct.

  • I've had enough, for a few days at least.

  • No, I've had enough," replied Tom very soberly.

  • If they was in that fight I done my level best to sink 'em; but they whopped us fair and square, and I've had enough of fighting to last me as long as I live.

  • He is loyal to our cause, and would enlist in a minute if he had enough ahead to support his wife and children during his absence; but he hasn't got it.

  • I had enough to do to mind my own business; and knowing what brung them outside at that time of night, didn't I know where they had started for without watching 'em?

  • I haven't had enough time to think about it," she replied.

  • I never heard of the man, and I've had enough of your tomfoolery.

  • I do something at times in theatricals and you're worth studying; but I've had enough of you now.

  • I was about to say that I thought we had enough of this sort of story, when Aunt Martha interrupted me.

  • I hoped that my wife would put herself on my side, and would say that we had enough of this sort of thing; but female curiosity is an unknown quantity, and she unhesitatingly replied that she would like to hear the young man's story.

  • And to tell the truth I cared not how long this weather lasted, so long as we had enough to eat, and could keep ourselves from freezing.

  • I struck the spurs into him past the rowels, and away he went at full gallop; while I had enough to do to hold on, with the little girl lying in front of me.

  • He had enough money to keep him for about three weeks, if he lived very economically.

  • He nodded in the direction of the Missouri, "but we haven't had enough money to file mining claims.

  • Grand'mère had enough of sorrow; she must never know of the second telegram in the house.

  • I had enough of them to furnish out a whole gallery of portraits.

  • If he was disappointed in his diplomatic career, he had enough, and more than enough, to console him in his brilliant literary triumphs.

  • Benjamin had schooled his parent on this point and she altered the word] with your food, and you know when you 've had enough.

  • We've had enough o' Davenants," began the miller; but Jobson stopped him with a warning gesture.

  • I've had enough of your confounded forest for to-night.

  • If you've had enough wine, let us join the ladies," he said, and went toward the door.

  • It wasn't a fat living for so many of us, but that wouldn't have mattered long as we had enough to eat.

  • I've had enough, in fact, to make me sort of homesick.

  • After they had driven in the Cascine and around the Viali for the sunshine and air, Aurora asked suddenly: "Haven't we had enough of this?

  • I've had enough of the world, the flesh, and the devil for one day.

  • Yes, I've had enough of Cairo," he laughed.

  • I propose that we get to know each other: we've had enough misunderstandings.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "had enough" 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:
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