Three Sentence Examples
Put three in each shoe.
All three girls laughed.
There are three small rooms up stairs.
I have over three thousand acres.
Three days later the issue was settled.
It had been two years since their mother had died - three since their father had run off with that harlot.
She had the job she had planned for the last three years.
You've been working for me for almost three months now and this is the first time I've ever seen you sick.
I was hoping I was simply a few weeks late, but it's been over three now and then this started.
Three men talking to each other on a sidewalk certainly wasn't enough to tell the police – except Len.
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I belong to Bailum & Barney's Great Consolidated Shows--three rings in one tent and a menagerie on the side.
But we're only three days out of Ashley - at the most.
We'd have waited for you, but we was outnumbered three to one and didn't have time to look for you.
Three empty bedrooms were closed off to the heat, as well as a full bath that looked as though it hadn't been used in years.
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Why, you have only seen him three times!
It was almost three O'clock in the afternoon and her stomach was screaming for something to eat.
I have plans too, you know - and they don't include dropping out three months short of graduation.
I know you love me, but when people find out I lived with the Indians for three years...
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We had world war three over it.
And yet, it had been her goal for over three years.
She turned around and walked three steps before it hit her.
The three of them walked abreast along a narrow road consisting of no more than two bare strips of dirt in the grass.
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Was this what I experienced for three years?
We were forced to stop on three different occasions as Howie, a back seat passenger, became frequently nauseous.
Two for three was never the less remarkable.
That's where the three of us grew up.
In three days we all fulfilled our dreams.
I assure you, I have managed to contact all but three and if I located them I would get down on my knees before them and beg forgiveness, just like I've done with the others .
I served my time, all twelve years, three months and sixteen days of it, but it pales in the face of suffering I poured on these young ladies.
Just the three of us are in residence, soon to be two.
As the baby of the three, he'd always been the rock star among them.
For decades, teams of three hardy fools had tried to knock each other senseless with high pressure fire hoses, while the spectators tried to escape the cross fire.
She'd break up with Logan and die in three months.
You extended my life over three years after the others said I had a few months.
Living for three years after a diagnosis of dying in a month weird?
The highways were quiet on the Monday mid-morning, and they drove the three hours faster than she was expecting.
The three third floor rooms contained six ice climbers while Donald Ryland remained in the small first floor quarters.
He placed one upon the floor, so that it could run around, and pulled apart the other, making three piglets in all; and then one of these was pulled apart, making four piglets.
All three got into the buggy and Zeb picked up the reins, though Jim needed no guidance of any sort.
The Gargoyles were very small of stature, being less than three feet in height.
But although the Munchkin was hardly tall enough to come to Zeb's shoulder he was so strong and clever that he laid the boy three times on his back with apparent ease.
At three o'clock the Throne Room was crowded with citizens, men, women and children being eager to witness the great trial.
Two or three other shepherds joined him in the search.
They show that three toes have been lost from the left forefoot.
King Solomon lived three thousand years ago.
The schoolhouse was two or three miles from home, but he did not mind the long walk through the woods and over the hills.
There was something which she wished very much to know before going home, and so, without thinking, she had leaned over and whispered just three little words.
Then, suddenly, an awkward half-grown boy who sat right in front of the master's desk turned squarely around and whispered to Tommy Jones, three desks away.
There was one such king who had four sons, Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred, and Alfred. The three older boys were sturdy, half-grown lads; the youngest, Alfred, was a slender, fair-haired child.
It tried three times, four times, a dozen times, twenty times--but always with the same result.
Sometimes he carried three or four bags to the palace where the little king of France lived with his mother.
Be they many or few, you may have all for three pieces of silver.
Around 430 BC, Athens, embroiled in the Second Peloponnesian War, endured three years of epidemics that wiped out a third of its inhabitants.
In parts of the world where these three ingredients exist, we have seen prosperity rise.
I describe these three situations because each, in its own way, illustrates how I think the future will play out regarding income and wealth.
He was wearing his long coat with three stars on his breast.
There were three metal objects with dials and switches; machines I'll call them, from which the wires ran.
Three of us sat around the table while Quinn continued to read in a corner rocker.
We mutually agreed the subject of our tests was verboten until we were able to get together again in three weeks hence.
Martha looked at it longingly while the three of us emptied one in no time with Quinn doening the lion's share.
He's never out more than ten to twenty minutes at a time and three or four sessions make a heavy day.
Betsy and I were more shocked at the buried animosity that the other three must have witnessed over the past few weeks.
It took three tries before we were satisfied our information was in believing hands.
Unfortunately, it occurred over night and we couldn't fix the time in spite of three attempts to do so.
We buckled down and managed three sessions.
Three calls were telephoned from Boston, New York and Connecticut while two were made on untraceable phones.
Our group conducted only three cases as we now called them and none were noteworthy.
The house was far too large for us with five bedrooms and three baths but Betsy had plans!
There were three bedrooms and an open concept kitchen dining area with a cathedral ceiling.
Additionally, there was a delightful backyard and three acres of land.
The main floor exhibited three offices which we stocked with multiple secure computers.
We couldn't do anything because abduction wasn't made public for three days and the child went missing sometime during a twelve hour overnight period.
Three weeks later, baby Claire Elizabeth LeBlanc was baptized at St. Bernard's Catholic Church with Betsy and Ben Gustefson as godparents.
We stood back to back, holding hands and baby-stepped three hundred and sixty degrees, taking in the breath taking scene in all directions.
We left the building to Betsy as the three Leblanc's were yet to arrive.
We were met by three inquisitive stares.
Three. He killed the mother and father so there was no one to report their daughter missing, for nearly a week.
I queued my way past three minions before the stern voice growled, Reagan' in my ear.
I listed three facts conveyed to three different police agencies that she could call and confirm.
It was summer, a wonderful time of year in New Hampshire and on Friday, three weeks after her first visit, Julie returned to Keene.
That must be three hundred and fifty miles from here!
Going three thousand miles away sounds like a good idea for you folks, even if it's only for a couple of days.
The three of us packed for three days only, as if so limiting our clothing changes would force our return more quickly.
There was no window and the only ornaments were crucifixes on three walls.
The pastor continued as if we hadn't taken nearly a three hour break, mostly continuing his sermon.
What about the three name fellow we were discussing before dinner?
Betsy booked three adjoining room, on the first floor, with a view of the pool.
Nervous fingers necessitated three tries.
We assumed all three had left together and gone into hiding.
I unwearyingly followed the three to that horrid mall and waited for my chance.
The three of us were outside and secure in my new van without further incident.
It's only two or three miles.
Again the wave moved as one when the three were sighted.
She stood across the parking lot, talking to three suited men.
Real estate records were scoured for any known relative of the now deceased murderer in an attempt to locate family owned property, a difficult chore as mother Grasso wedded three men and lived with countless others.
Our case of water bottles, down three from the original two dozen would need to be rationed.
It definitely wasn't because he was the most patient of the three brothers.
She'd automatically made enough dinner for three after cooking for Kyle and Jonny for three months.
We tracked three hundred that flew into Miami or Orlando.
That gives you three hours.
They moved towards the three.
It'll smell like a whale died in here now, and I've only got three more Tahoes that survived the hurricane.
I've already had three bowls of stew!
The manor stretched into three long wings.
She was surprised to see three people within, none of whom looked like they fit in the refined, elegant spaces of the parlor.
They waited for Xander to return with the three vamps trailing him.
I'll be gone in three and a half weeks.
While only three feet apart, the space felt immeasurable.
She paused to listen, looked at the ground, and changed directions three times before she heard the sound of water flowing.
He brought three more bags while she spread the woodchips around the monument.
Damian lifted his head, indicating the three forms standing at the top of the hill.
To the three of them, the drastic changes that occurred over such a short time span after thousands of years of no change were a warning sign.
Embarrassed by her words and the tears streaming down her face, she ran past him and up the stairs leading to the second floor, issuing a cry of frustration when she realized she didn't know which of the three wings led to her room.
To maintain our operations, three more.
I have three eyes instead of two?
She had checked off three of the seven exercises she'd learned from the books she read.
Three men stood in the main foyer, two in the same shade of brown as her bodyguard and a striking man in designer jeans and an expensive sweater.
We had three in the last class, more than we've seen in a few hundred years.
All three were gunned down.
Let them sweat for a day, then do whatever you want with the three.
They complied, and the three women sat in lawn chairs.
I've been living in the bachelor pad with the guys for three months now.
There were three sets of numbers written in green ink on his palm.
He entered three codes and crossed through three doors, walked down a hall too narrow for him to walk straight, and retreated to his room.
The three moved with her, Pierre speaking tersely in French on the phone.
Jule ignored the three men trailing them and ushered her into the armored Tahoe.
The driver sped away before the door closed, and she twisted around to see the three men watching them.
Their faces lit up at the sight of Jule, and Sofia trailed him in, watching as the three clapped each other on the shoulders and hugged.
She opened her eyes to find all three gazing at her with similar guarded looks.
Damian flipped the lights on, and the three of them gathered at the table.
He followed a familiar path through a narrowing hall and looked at his palm for the three codes written in green ink there.
A dark shape moved from the rocks while three more fanned out from the sides.
He appeared calm and in control again, if not relaxed, with the only three men he'd ever trusted.
Darian's disapproving gaze mirrored Damian's, and Sofia hid her face against Damian's chest as the three men facing her gave her similar looks.
She roused herself, surprised to see the other three had disappeared at some point.
I'll count to three.
Her eyes dropped to what was left of the other three then flew up to the wall.
There are three bonds that are older than time.
When no one did, she paced three doors down and paused.
Three, he paused, studying her.
This world had been all she knew three weeks ago.
She ended up in her room as expected and left for the girl's room three doors down.
Curious to see how the girl was, Deidre walked three doors down and paused.
Now, thanks to an overzealous social worker, Martha was scheduled to become reacquainted with mommy dearest—in Denver, over three hundred miles away from Bird Song's nest.
The three largest quarters were located on the third floor, all presently booked by the two Dawkins brothers and wives, one pair of whom was not sleeping with his mate.
Three of 'em came in the door and they knocked her down and hit her—after she tossed the toaster at them.
When the meal ended and the dishes were put to bed, the three withdrew to the parlor, now empty of guests who were either dining uptown or waiting in line to do so.
Dean grabbed a bottle of inexpensive merlot and three glasses.
The phone rang, causing all three to jump, thinking it might be Martha.
Dean was loading three full sacks in the rear of his Jeep when he was surprised to see Ginger Dawkins several yards away.
The three were once again rocking away on the front porch.
There had been no mention of the lack of contact from the girl, but all three were disappointed no call had been received.
Never mind there were only three hundred die-hard fans with nothing else to do in attendance for the end of the year outing of a last place team.
That's what they've been doing for the past three years.
Monday was transition day at Bird Song, with the arrival of six new guests to fill three vacated rooms, with only the four Dawkins, Brandon Westlake, and Pumpkin Green staying on.
Fred O'Connor, with three silver-haired lady friends in tow, clustered around the backyard picnic table.
The three were north of sixty and involved with Fred's research activities.
It was a fun dinner—he didn't even burn the buns—and he had at least three votes locked in place.
Mr. Dean wished he felt a modicum of confidence in himself as the three drifted off to sleep—David and Cynthia Dean, with SB, the Bird Song owl, snuggled next to them.
Fred grumbled as he poured three glasses.
There were at least three different footprints but they were marred and nearly indistinguishable.
To escape the smiling innkeeper role, he plodded barefoot out back to the small patio, fired up the barbeque, popped the cap on the first of the last three Fat Tire Ales and stretched out on Cynthia's chaise.
She glanced down at the three bottles and his mid-section.
The top was still off, allowing additional room, but he still felt three or four trips lay ahead.
The Dawkins have three rooms for four people.
The number fell to three when a dinnertime caller remembered someone opening their purchase in the parking lot.
Over dessert, the Bird Song Three received the report.
But questions remained—the big three unknowns of who, why, and when.
The three entered the Dean's office.
It was repeated for three weeks.
He and Paul died in the same hospital, three days apart.
Liz plopped a straw hat with a red, white, and blue band on Dean's head just as three jets in close formation screamed overhead, buzzing the town in a deafening roar.
Each team has three members, a lead person and two back-ups.
Fred O'Connor was in the living room, hosting three of the four Dawkins, with Ginger missing, when the Deans returned to their bed and breakfast.
The way was totally familiar— twice today, three times in as many days.
Fred's changed his bow tie three times and you're bouncing around here like a November turkey.
It's owned by three guys who live in Denver.
Dean returned to Bird Song mid-morning, showered, and walked the three blocks to Diversions, a combination used book store, coffee shop, and local gathering place, on Sixth Street, a half block from Main.
He recognized Roger as one of the three.
The three men shook their heads no.
One of the three owners of the storage building is named Fitzgerald!
While Cynthia hemmed and hawed about the most diplomatic way to suggest that the Dawkinses might billet down to two rooms from the three they now occupied, the situation cured itself.
Paul was number three in the computer line, behind Brandon Westlake, and brother Joseph.
She was the victor of Vegas to the tune of three hundred dollars, and called to invite Fred out to spend the spoils.
The guests of longer term, the three remaining Dawkinses and Brandon Westlake, were all absent.
The three went to Fred's temporary quarters in Martha's small first-floor room to compose the message.
If love alone was a measurement of success, the future of the three had a small measure hope.
His guess had been three days.
This isn't three hundred souls.
The thought of the Dark One reminded Gabriel that he lost three death-dealers to him in the course of a week, not to mention the deal Deidre made.
He counted a total of seven missing, including the three known traitors.
We rescued three hundred souls.
Figured out three more.
You're certain about the bottom three?
The top three and bottom three seem pretty solid to me.
In the course of three days, the goddess had almost learned to see him as an equal while her human side no longer in denial about her destiny.
In three days, Darkyn may come on behalf of his mate to collect by any means necessary.
If Gabriel didn't fall in love with Deidre in three days, he would be betrayed once more.
The pain she was in or the situation where she might lose her soul in three days.
In three days' time, she'd not only lose her soul, she'd lose Gabriel, too, this time for good.
The woman in the bed behind him had taken three days to warn him about the human left in Hell.
Deidre tested them three times but was afraid of pissing off Gabriel by disobeying him so early in the day.
The girl tapped his arm then held up three fingers, the sign she'd made to mean Wynn.
Darkyn was one finger, his mate two fingers and Wynn three.
We're going to make a little deal, the three of us.
In the last week he had been out on night calls three times.
There were only three things that mattered to her – Alex, Jonathan and Destiny.
Random was three now and Dawn was almost two.
I paid him for three bushes.
She picked up three eggs and put them into the basket.
He'd stuck by her for over three years, though.
Got word the inevitable is coming in three months or so.
She could pay it this month or put the three hundred dollars towards a one-way ticket to wherever she wanted to be when she died.
Twelve hours and forty three souls later, Gabriel gave up on the icons.
She passed three face painting clowns before she gave in and decided to have her own done.
It was three o'clock.
Ma'am, that's a three hour drive.
Her hands fumbled with the keys three times before she managed to unlock the door.
She passed the three quarters point, and tears filled her gaze.
He gathered the three daggers that survived.
She took three steps away from her cave.
Only two or three people ever see your file, Ileana added.
You have flirted with Death for three years now.
Instead of a slow, fifty year death, it'll be three years.
I gave her three months, but it's probably generous, given her sunny nature.
Hopefully, I'm dead in three months.
Three were thrust at her.
She wasn't sure why she expected either from him, except that she still held half a hope that she might live beyond three months.
She didn't believe for one minute he was going to find a way to prevent her from dying in three months.
My offer is good whether you expire in three months or an eternity.
Whether I have three months or an eternity, I'm not going to stop fighting to live on my terms.
All three of them were tense.
The three eldest sons on the Council were dead.
The result of a deity breaking one of the three is basically the destruction of the world.
He'd spent the past three nights in bed with another woman after completely destroying her whole world!
I want to hear the woman who lives by the motto of no apologies, no regrets, who told me once that her own soul searching taught her to live, doesn't want my help turning that three months into eternity.
If I knew three years ago, I might not have trusted Wynn.
One percent now is better than zero percent in three months.
There were three then five voices with a sixth calling the police and the seventh hugging the sobbing kid.
He gave her an amused look, then poured her three shots worth of whiskey and handed it to her.
His three other half brothers were already present and waiting, Erik pacing, Kiki at the table, and Tamer busy with his PDA.
It was three months' salary, though Hannah had added it to the black AmEx her fiancé paid in full every month without a second thought.
She reached into her pocket and pulled out one of the three water cubes and the remaining sugary cube.
Only then did her senses register the three men before her, the alley, and the familiar bloodlust in their glowing eyes.
She cried out, and the other three pried him off.
Three forms with glowing tattoos were moving slowly toward the road, stopping to sift through the dead bodies.
The three creatures continued to hunt through the fallen, sometimes eating, most of the times pushing body parts aside in search of something.
The three creatures made a run for the stairs.
At the first taste, she wolfed it and three more pieces down until the edge of her hunger disappeared.
You gave me three conditions, not two.
Evaluating each other, the three creatures stood in tight silence before Rhyn spoke at last.
Three weeks ago, he.d bargained his soul in exchange for her taking Rhyn off her list of those to be made dead-dead.
In all the years he.d served her, she.d never owned him until three weeks ago.
She couldn.t eat, feeling more stressed than she had in the past three weeks.
She visited the small café and dropped three boxed lunches into a tote bag along with extra cocoa and marshmallows in case Toby woke up soon.
Their brothers were already there, three of them sitting across the table from Sasha.
He.d paced in front of her chamber at some point every day for three weeks, wanting to tell her something, anything, to make her want to stay.
Kiki glared at him, but Rhyn knew this brother to be the easiest of the three to sway.
Three pairs of eyes went to Rhyn, who stood ready to take on any of them that mentioned leaving the Council.
Kiki tucked his iPad under his arm and opened a portal through which all three went before Rhyn followed.
The Ancient Kris probably contacted the other three, because we only have about forty Immortal refugees here now.
She vaguely recognized the other three and knelt beside the statue of Rhyn, who was no older than Toby had been the day before.
He crossed the distance between them in three strides and slapped her hard.
For the first time since arriving over three weeks ago, she missed her cavernous chamber.
For the first time in three weeks, she felt safe and relieved as she looked around the tiny room that had been hers when she first arrived.
Beating his wings so hard they hurt, he rose into the sky and soared around the small island, finally spotting three lone figures in small valley not too far from the Sanctuary.
All three whirled, and Katie.s eyes lit up.
Romas had tossed her in bed more than once over the past three months, though he had stopped lecturing her on how unbecoming a lush was to a man looking for a wife.
Evelyn brought the last of three trays to the table.
But … you've only known each other for three months!
Two of the three you left me.
Here's your cut-- two thousand and forty three dollars, Kevin said, and counted out the money on the desk.
I've got three more completed.
Kiera had suspected Romas to be independently wealthy by his complete lack of concern for being anywhere but with Evelyn for the last three months.
The small man waited next to A'Ran's trusted second-in-command, Ne'Rin, whose sister was one of the three before him.
None of the three beauties was she, or he'd know.
He felt nothing like this when he looked at the three women.
Jetr, the only Council member he trusted, had been an ally for three generations of his family without appearing to age.
They'd been praying that the last three women would yield his nishani.
After Kiera's three months of tormenting him, he would find turning the tables satisfying.
She hung back when she reached the other three warriors in the hall watching the scene in the room.
She'd avoided the galley Evelyn had tried for three days to drag her to and said it would prove they were on a ship after she challenged Evelyn to prove it wasn't a dream.
What had appeared to be a thick, gold, hard band of about three inches in width had molded around her arm and felt no heavier than the clothing she wore.
The galley was occupied by three hulking men at a table.
The three warriors at the table relocated several chairs down.
She felt silly standing in it with the three warrior strangers around her, waiting for something to happen that never did.
Three massive warriors escorted a fourth whose hands were bound.
The invitation was addressed to all three of them.
I will help you on three conditions.
They made it several doors before three of Romas's clan charged around the corner of a nearby intersection.
The giants battled, and she couldn't help feeling awed by the prisoner's abilities as he met the blows of all three foes and remained standing.
It might take all three sisters to rein her in, if even their hands were firm enough.
His three sisters knelt over his lifemate's still form.
Yes, he had named three conditions, and yes, she remembered agreeing after that fantastic kiss.
They battled with great vigor and exaggeration to the cheering of the three younger boys until one turned and noticed her.
Three of the boys nodded vigorously in agreement.
Two men populated each circle, sparring with each other, while the other two or three watched.
Excited to see that even this world had video games, she sat in the chair behind the buttons and screen, studying all three in an attempt to figure out how the game worked.
In the past three days, he hadn't made a single change before releasing the plans to his battle commanders.
There are three levels of fighter ships.
Two slowed to keep pace with her while the other three went on ahead.
Yes, there are about three billion.
She set the knife down on the edge and circled the fountain again until she'd reviewed all three of the pictographs where the female figure held a dagger.
Mansr tripped, taking all three of them down.
Three figures emerged to block her path.
She watched him systematically behead or run through the three men, her stomach churning at the sight of so much death.
She'd cried for two days before finally realizing on day three that no one was coming for her.
The three bands lit up and faded, and all three men dropped their arms.
The three largest of these quarters were located on the third floor.
The box, advertised as containing Ouray, Colorado correspondence from the last century and "other items of local interest," was offered via the Internet at three hundred dollars.
Before stooping to retrieve them, she handed three one hundred dollar notes to Cynthia.
The three sat at the table amid the warm smells of chocolate and apples, the Deans looking expectantly.
In the eighteen-nineties Ouray had three thousand people living in town, three or four times as many as today.
One note described in two sentences a Sunday trip to the Public Gardens while another mentioned three years had passed since the sisters had seen one another.
Cynthia buttered her toast while Dean dribbled orange blossom honey on three leftover rolls from last night's supper.
And now she's snoring like a bum after a three day drunk.
The famous million dollar highway, which climbed three mountain passes before ending seventy-odd miles later in Durango, was spectacular by anyone's definition, more so after a fresh winter snow.
Dean tried to picture the bustling town of a century past, at one time home to a dozen saloons, four restaurants, a newspaper, nearly three hundred houses and more than a thousand inhabitants.
Dean managed the luggage in three trips from their rental car while Cynthia and Fred handled the paper work and showed the women their quarters.
She excused herself to prepare supper for the three residents.
Three hundred dollars seems much too high.
There were four five-dollar gold pieces and three two-dollar and fifty-cent coins.
Just then, Edith returned to the room, holding out three crisp one hundred dollar bills, which she thrust toward Claire who reached out and snatched them, without so much as a thank-you, stuffing them in her purse.
She then pushed the three smaller denomination coins across the coffee table toward Fred.
While the need for such meetings wasn't as dire or sinister as the first few days after Bird Song's opening, the three still gathered here, away from the guests, especially when they wished to discuss one or more of their paying customers beyond their prying ears.
And," she added, "three gold coins.
These were the first three characters used on the first page of the notebook and the combination appeared with regularity throughout the book.
Better yet—sell it to her, for another three hundred bucks!
The three north-side second floor rooms contained Fred, Gladys Turnbull and a pretty female climber named Penny.
Just as batch number three of muffins was ready, Effie stuck her head in the kitchen, looking over her shoulder, even more nervously than usual.
You can spend three hundred bucks on a good one.
Though he was away only a half hour, Cynthia displayed three new pages of transcription.
Three times what we paid you for it!
When he finished the chores, he swallowed three aspirins and went outside to shovel the accumulating snow, hoping further activity might dissipate the anger he felt, not only at Shipton, but at himself for losing it in so public and childish manner.
We've got about three feet of snow out there that needs shoveling.
He tossed her an it's-all-right and, ignoring three more strangers in suits and the crowded parlor, went directly to the phone.
Three or four miles from town, the roadway opened and he slowed, allowing the warmth of the day to soak into his stiff body.
Cynthia smiled as soon as the three were alone.
All three looked like front of the liners at a Santa Claus hand-out.
She had joined the three hosts for a game of dominoes when Bird Song welcomed a new guest.
During the two weeks there was a Mexican dinner at the Catholic church, a couple of movies, three evenings at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool and even a day of downhill skiing at Telluride.
It's pushing three weeks now and I hardly ever get the shakes anymore.
They had been in New England for a mere three months, but Sarah had fallen fast and hard for Connor.