Sample Sentences for
bar
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(editor-reviewed)

bar as in:  passed the bar examination

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    He passed the bar immediately, though I know he never intended to practice the law or big corporate business.  (source)
    bar = any of the state tests a person needs to pass to practice law in that state
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    If he had just been trying to squeeze by the bar with as little as possible he could have done it a lot sooner, for back in those days, or now for that matter, it didn't take any master mind to pass the bar examination.  (source)
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    There was no way such an old drunk could study and pass the bar exam.†  (source)
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    After passing the bar exam, he was all set to take over a country law practice.†  (source)
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    Court-appointed defenses were usually given to Maxwell Green, Maycomb's latest addition to the bar, who needed the experience.  (source)
    bar = association of people qualified to practice law in a particular place
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    And at night he was plugging away at his books, getting ready for the bar examination.  (source)
    bar examination = any of the state tests a person needs to pass to practice law in that state
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    So anyhow, are you planning to stay a student until you pass the bar exam?†  (source)
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    If he had just been trying to squeeze by the bar with as little as possible he could have done it a lot sooner, for back in those days, or now for that matter, it didn't take any master mind to pass the bar examination.  (source)
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    I was playing it all from my book on torts, boning up for the bar exam.†  (source)
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    Hell, I got down to that bar examination and I looked at the questions and I nearly busted out laughing.  (source)
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    If Lucien wanted to be a lawyer again, he would be required to suffer through the ordeal of the bar exam.†  (source)
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    His firm wanted him to come into the office full-time after his graduation from high school, read law with them, and eventually take the bar exam.†  (source)
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    Take the National Bar Exam.†  (source)
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus

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    Heat tears through my chest, and I smile as I grab the next bar.  (source)
    bar = a strut or rod that can be used for climbing
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    When I got home and had crept up to my room, I remembered how Phoebe had shown me some things in her room that reminded her of her mother: a handmade birthday card, a photograph of Phoebe and her mother, and a bar of lavender soap.  (source)
    bar = thin block
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    Perhaps it was only the sunlight on boards that were scrubbed smooth and white, or perhaps it was the feeling of peace that lay across the room as tangibly as the bar of sunshine.  (source)
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    The mayor looked lost, Councilman Grandy looked like he was about to faint, and the chamber-of-commerce guy looked like he'd swallowed a bar of soap.  (source)
    bar = thin block
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    He could climb a ways, but then at random a bar seemed to be insubstantial and he fell.  (source)
    bar = a strut or rod that can be used for climbing
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    Locals—all men, since women weren't allowed—bunched up to the bar or sat at scattered tables.  (source)
    bar = common meaning
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    But lock nor bar may hinder the homecoming spoken of old.  (source)
    bar = a rod that prevents opening something
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    By the time Cassiar Bar was reached, he was so weak that he was falling repeatedly in the traces.  (source)
    Bar = a name in this story
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    The night before that, he and I and Sherrie were at the bar.  (source)
    bar = a place where alcoholic drinks are sold
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    Mr. Bumble stepped in; and ordering something to drink, as he passed the bar, entered the apartment into which he had looked from the street.  (source)
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    When he'd arrived at the run-down pool hall, he'd bypassed the bar and made straight for the pool tables.  (source)
    bar = a counter where alcoholic drinks are served
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    He got a license immediately, and he got a swell location, and he got the jack to put in leather chairs kind to the femurs, and a circular bar;  (source)
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    I must have looked like I'd split my lip in a bar brawl.  (source)
    bar = a place where alcoholic drinks are sold
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