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a collection containing a variety of a sort of a thing- a great assortment of cars was on display
assortment = a collection containing a variety of a sort of a thing
- The remainder of the garden presented a well-selected assortment of esculent vegetables, in a praiseworthy state of advancement.Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- House Of Seven Gables
- I reluctantly played assorted ladies who entered the script.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- a crazy assortment of twelve buildings, each representing a different Olympian god.Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
- He carries a chipped basket with an assortment of discarded fruits and vegetables he has picked up in the strip district and which he attempts to sell.August Wilson -- Fences
- He was standing near the front end of the cart, amidst an assorted pile of cigarette boxes, egg cartons, and pop bottles.Sharon M. Draper -- Forged by Fire
- She had brought along an assortment of snacks to eat on the planeWalter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
- I have feasted on all sorts of noodles, I have tried an assortment of strudels.Lincoln Pierce -- Big Nate - In a Class by Himself
- Jem would reappear as needed in the shapes of the sheriff, assorted townsfolk, and Miss Stephanie Crawford, who had more to say about the Radleys than anybody in Maycomb.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- An old Packard hearse with a varied assortment of dusty cars and trucks behind.Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses
- On the fiction table were an assortment of novels, most of them contemporary literary fiction by authors not well known by the masses.Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
- I believe you were suspected of killing three people, you got shot in the head, and you were charged with a whole assortment of crimes.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- Kim's up to the part of Operation Distraction, when Brooke Vega and a dozen assorted punks descended upon the hospital.Gayle Forman -- If I Stay
- He pelts me with sherry glasses, whiskey glasses, assorted ham sandwiches, items from his wife's dressing table, powders, creams, brushes.Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes
- She was chinking more audibly than usual, as if a box of assorted household nails had come apart in one of her kimono pockets.J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
- 'But I also know,' pursued the old gentleman, 'the misery, the slow torture, the protracted anguish of that ill-assorted union.Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
- Like a dark sultan in a palanquin, a half-familiar figure rode a chair borne on the shoulders of assorted sizes and shapes of darkness.Ray Bradbury -- Something Wicked This Way Comes
- To celebrate, Mom sold one of her two dresses and an assortment of old pots, and spent all last week taking over shifts from her coworkers.Marie Lu -- Legend
- They walked through the doors of the assorted weddings and spoke of everything he wished to speak about.Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- It wasn't as swollen as before, but it had taken on a yellow tint from my assortment of fading bruises.Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
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assortment = a collection containing a variety of a sort of a thing
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assorted = a collection containing a variety of a sort of a thing
assortment = a collection containing a variety of a sort of thing
assortment = a variety of a kind of a thing
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