sending
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,690 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,202 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
sending in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I approve of your sending Daisy into the garden, Primrose.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 2
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His many friends insisted on rebuilding his house and sending him abroad to get well.
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 1
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Anne was to wait at home until the first opportunity offered of sending her cheaply to Milan.
Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 1
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It has the virtue both of opening the gate and also of sending to sleep all the inhabitants.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Craig quickly slung a wire over those by the side of the track and seized what I had written, sending furiously.
The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 2