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Example sentences for "suit"

Lexicographically close words:
suicidally; suicide; suicides; suing; suis; suitability; suitable; suitableness; suitably; suitcase
  1. At times he wore his fishing-suit, at other times he had on a knickerbocker suit of shepherd's plaid with a domino pattern neglige shirt.

  2. We have one suit each, and there are billions of them piled up, if anybody wants a new one.

  3. This, truly, may suit the economy of the O.

  4. Weathercock to suit the several constituencies to whom he may offer himself.

  5. Illustration] The Shaggy Man had a room of his own in the royal palace, so there he went to change his shaggy suit of clothes for another just as shaggy but not so dusty from travel.

  6. There; does that suit your royal highness?

  7. I've tried the leaves from the trees and the mosses and creeping vines, but they don't seem to suit my taste.

  8. Ojo was so pleased with this song that he applauded the singer by clapping his hands, and Scraps followed suit by clapping her padded fingers together, although they made no noise.

  9. That's more than a gill, I'm sure, and the Crooked Magician may measure it to suit himself.

  10. She was anxious that Monsieur Farlotte should get a new suit before he went on his journey; but he would not hear to it.

  11. He was seen at his best on Sunday, when, clothed in a complete suit of black, with a single carnation in his buttonhole, and with an irreproachable silk hat, he promenaded with Madame Arbique on his arm.

  12. A suit in this Court is become proverbial for something interminable; and there is a very diverting caricature, which bears the inscription, 'A Chancery Suit.

  13. Modern regular cities are like a trimly cut French garden: they do not suit my romantic taste.

  14. The interior appeared to me almost too simple and bare of ornament, which does not suit this style; and Girodet's new ceiling is hardly visible without a telescope.

  15. I think that will suit me very well," said Mr. Fraser, aloud to himself, as he put it down.

  16. Sir John came down first, arrayed in true English fashion, in a tourist suit of grey, and presently Lady Bellamy followed.

  17. There is no need for you to look for help, I wish neither to frighten nor insult you; my suit is an honourable one enough.

  18. And, indeed, the place would suit him as well as any other to get through a portion of his year of probation in, and, whilst affording a complete change of scene, would not be too far from England.

  19. He found some to suit him in Duke Street, St. James, and left his things there.

  20. Of course I cannot force you; you are free and rich, and can suit yourself.

  21. The suit was carried through to the Supreme Court of the United States, which declared the law constitutional during the time that I was President.

  22. After supper I would roll up in my bedding as soon as possible, and the others would follow suit at their pleasure.

  23. The suit against the Steel Trust by the Government has brought vividly before our people the need of reducing to order our chaotic Government policy as regards business.

  24. Before taking up the matter in its large aspect, I wish to say one word as to one feature of the Government suit against the Steel Corporation.

  25. He writes me as follows concerning the suit against the Steel Corporation: "Nothing appeared before the House Committee that made me believe we were deceived by Judge Gary.

  26. I challenge Mr. Wilson to deny this, and yet he well knew that it was my successful suit against the Northern Securities Company which first efficiently established the power of the people over the trusts.

  27. They called to his mind in an instant the extent of the sacrifice she had made; for he would be no party to any suit for reconciliation.

  28. She scarcely understood in what manner the law-suit had been only the final step in a career of vengeance.

  29. She immediately appeared to become greatly interested in the movements of John Dene, whilst the man in the grey suit walked away in the direction of Birdcage Walk.

  30. He gave a swift glance round and, apparently satisfied that it would suit his purpose, seated himself at the large pedestal table and took out his watch.

  31. This little chap in the grey suit is something bigger.

  32. Conscious that he was being followed by a small man in a grey suit with shifty eyes, James Finlay made his way leisurely to the High Road where he took a 'bus bound for Piccadilly Circus.

  33. That's the third time I've seen that little man this afternoon," said Dorothy, lowering her voice as a man in a blue suit and light boots paused a few yards in front of them to read the label on a tree.

  34. It was rather audacious of her to don a smart lavender linen suit one afternoon and stroll out toward the Country Club.

  35. A law-suit on the eve of my son's marriage to Miss Gale Oliphant.

  36. Ought to have known more than to have gone pressing his suit on a person in Ruth's frame of mind," he grumbled.

  37. Some gay lady in Breck's dark and shady past sprang up with a spicy little law suit two weeks before he was to be married to that Oliphant girl.

  38. The suit was brought by a creature who had no claims.

  39. A second after he wheels round and comes back and, pointing with his cane to my parcel, says: "I would recommend my tailor to you for the suit of clothes.

  40. Then I began to look about for a place to suit me, to gather together heather and juniper leaves, and make up a bed on a little declivity where it was a bit dry.

  41. We shall accept you Leader and comrade, and give escort fair To bear your suit to Phernes.

  42. There my suit Is but a fair appearance,--there I woo To make thy state secure, and thou shalt be Bride of my heart unrivalled.

  43. If you must try the goose-step out of doors, Go thank the gods for suiting you with me, Who save you from all suit by hearing none.

  44. Rising] Ye reverend men, and you, My noble father, may my suit reveal My love to Sparta and your love to me, Which has not spoken in this act of yours That overpeers me and gives up my due To Dianessa.

  45. Such beggar suit would then have cheapened thee Beneath a prince's wearing.

  46. Lobel Company, cloak and suit jobbers in rather an inconspicuous Eastern town.

  47. And right over yonder at the other side of the clearing stands a guy in a checked suit grinding the handle of a moving-picture machine.

  48. I suttinly would admire to see dat yaller man wearin' a striped suit of clothes.

  49. Den a man-eatin' mule come a-browsin' on me an' gnaw a suit of close right offen my back.

  50. And did your servant, after you were gone, send the suit you had worn that night downtown to be cleaned or repaired?

  51. Mr. Whistler was once summoned as a witness in a certain suit where the purchaser of a picture had refused to pay for it.

  52. Keats died from the stab of a pen, they say, and whether 't was true or not we know that now a suit of Cheviot is sufficient shield.

  53. Some of the nuns were rich in their own right, and some of these had their rooms frescoed by local artists to suit their fancies.

  54. She would not suit it, neither would it suit her.

  55. The English life does not altogether suit her.

  56. If Miners and Mine-Owners pull together To raise the price of Coal--well, it may suit Both them and you.

  57. Then, being the only one who has a card of the leader's suit left, she revokes but is not found out.

  58. They want very careful feeding, and Sangrado purge or bleeding Won't suit our modern strain--of man or horse.

  59. How is your suit with the Lady Katherine?

  60. Noel would have pushed his suit further, but at that moment the great clock of the palace chimed the half-hour and struck upon his memory as well as upon his ear.

  61. Let come what might come, he was the maid's equal for the moment and would press his suit if he died for it.

  62. News is withheld and is manufactured to suit occasions.

  63. Clay of Denver to commence suit against the owners of the Denver Mining Record.

  64. We used in our big display advertisements a nomenclature of the turf that had never before been heard except in the vicinity of the stables, and we coined words and phrases to suit almost every occasion.

  65. Enters upon the scene an associate of the Engineering & Mining Journal's lawyers defending that publication against our suit for libel.

  66. I bought blankets, a suit of canvas clothes lined with sheep-skin, and a folding iron cot, all on credit.

  67. I should think this place must suit you exactly.

  68. The third morning of the frost he came down to breakfast in a suit of wondrous apparel that I knew meant a move in some direction, and I attacked him accordingly.

  69. The tidal train did not leave London early that morning; and the inquest was deferred, to suit other pressing engagements of the coroner, until the twenty-sixth.

  70. But Lucy thanked her lucky stars that she had worn the thick riding-suit and her boots, for otherwise, in a summer dress, her condition would soon have been miserable.

  71. It's just an old suit I routed out," said he apologetically.

  72. Because, in spite of the momentary pleasure I gained from feeling myself a married man, I could not banish the idea that we should not permanently suit one another.

  73. Almost a village was pulled down to make room for it, on a site that would suit the medical needs of the University.

  74. For many weeks it looked to some hopefuls as though the Wheat City would reconstruct the whole economic structure of the nation to suit the ideas of a violent minority.


  75. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "suit" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    suit against; suit case; suit the; suitable localities; suitable number; suitable place; suitable size; suitable spot