Above

//əˈbʌv//

"Above" in a Sentence (37 examples)

Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

You must be above such mean conduct.

Your English composition is above the average.

The bridge is one mile above.

There is a waterfall above the bridge.

I saw a boat above the bridge.

Relax, and above all, don't panic.

We heard a cry from above.

Above all, you must take good care of yourself.

You must, above all, be faithful to your friends.

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He always put his coat on above his sweater.

And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.

Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

Idaho is above Utah.

to cut above average

Even the chief of police is not above suspicion.

He was always above reproach.

I thought you said you were above these kinds of antics.

That's above my comprehension.

Thy worth, sweet friend, is far above my gifts,

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightnes of the Sunne, shining round about mee, and them which iourneyed with me.

to stand head and shoulders above the rest

☞ This word [wrap] is often pronounced wrop, rhyming with top, even by ſpeakers much above the vulgar.

above and beyond the call of duty

over and above

That amount is way above our asking price.

The owner was above taking more than a token salary.

Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

Nobody has lived in it since the summer of 1879, and it is fast going to pieces. For some three years before the date mentioned above, it was occupied by the family of Charles May

That angels are men in the most complete form, and enjoy every sense, may be seen above (n. 73-77); and that the light in heaven is far brighter than the light in the world (n. 126-132).

He’s in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.

He appealed to the court above.

It was a cold day at only 5 above.

The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below.

A brother from another mother, sent from the above.

Withal they saw of him that he had no doubt but that they should come to their above on the morrow,

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