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Example sentences for "not such"

  • I am not such an ungrateful idiot as not to understand and appreciate what a start it has given me to have you and your name and work behind me.

  • I am not such a foolish child as maybe you have been thinking I was.

  • You know yourself death isn't so much--not such a horrible calamity as we talk as if it were.

  • I trust it is not such a serious matter as you say; but any how it was not conscience but jealousy and anger that drove me to that wrong.

  • Yes, but the ground in front is not such as they would readiest plant it upon,' said the earl.

  • There is not such a park out of England, considering how beautiful the Thames is there.

  • Ways are different here and over there, I know that, but if you came to know me, Miss Mavick, you would see that I am not such a bad sort of a fellow.

  • No," I replied, "it is not such a great loss.

  • Upon entering I was struck with the strong odor of Turkish pastilles, not such as are sold here on the streets, but those of Constantinople, which are more nervous and more dangerous.

  • I will show you something that will prove to you that I am not such a fool as you think.

  • I know it, and that's why I say nothing; I am not such a fool as to proclaim my shame from the housetops.

  • I am not such a fool, my lovely countrywoman," I exclaimed, as if she had been present, and put the letter in my pocket.

  • We know ourselves that there's not such a plotter in existence as he is, barin' them that's plottin' aginst him.

  • Take care, not such a disturbance close to papa.

  • Surely this is not such a reckless theory as it seemed to some of my critics.

  • There is not such a word Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear.

  • I am not such a truant since my coming, As not to know the language I have liv'd in; A strange tongue makes my cause more strange, suspicious; Pray speak in English.

  • I ne'er made my will yet, I thank heaven; I am not such a sickly creature, I give heaven praise.

  • He says thou told'st him that his wife was false; I know thou didst not, thou'rt not such a villain.

  • Do not lay such heavy burdens In the graves of those you bury, Not such weight of furs and wampum, Not such weight of pots and kettles, For the spirits faint beneath them.

  • The love wherewith I love you is not such As you would offer me.

  • It is certainly an Occasion of rejoycing when the Wicked are seized in their Designs; but I think it is not such a Triumph as is exerted by Laughter.

  • You are to know that I am reckoned no Fool, have on several Occasions been tried whether I will take ill Usage, and yet the Event has been to my Advantage; and yet there is not such a Slave in Turkey as I am to my Dear.

  • And if there be not such a Thing as what we may call a virtuous and laudable Pride?

  • I'm not such a fool as to quarrel with a man because I hate him.

  • I'm not such an ass as to give him my estate for such a reason as that for it will be giving it to him, let me tie it up as I may.

  • I'm not such a fool as to want to give up my property just because a girl is going to be married to a man I don't like.

  • Essential honour must be in a friend, Not such as every breath fans to and fro; But born within, is its own judge and end, And dares not sin though sure that none should know.

  • Be she with that goodness blest, Which may merit name of Best; If she be not such to me, What care I how good she be?

  • I was startled and alarmed beyond words, for it contained tools of a curious and unusual type,--not such tools as workmen carry abroad in the light of day.

  • I'm not such a bad sort--what's the matter with me, anyhow?

  • Besides, there's not such a lot of risks.

  • If I am to have the naming of him," said he, "then surely I shall call him Maximus, for there is not such a giant upon earth.

  • Were they, perhaps, not such fairy-tales as we have thought?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not such" 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 face; inside view; not able; not afraid; not fear; not find; not indeed; not like; not merely; not possible; not pretend; not really; not say; not uncommon; not wish; not without; not yet; not you; nota bene; note here; note the; nothing left; nothing loth; nothing would; notice the; said aunty