How do you use the word "example" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "example": You've set a bad example. Compare your composition with the example.

Example Meaning

/ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounSomething that is representative of all such things in a group.

nounSomething that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.

Sentence Examples

You've set a bad example.

Compare your composition with the example.

Let me give you an example.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

model instance representative

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Can you give me a clear ____ of this mathematical concept please?

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The teacher wrote a clear ____ on the blackboard to help the students understand the rule.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999." — 2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182:

"The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use." — 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

"Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe." — 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

"For I haue giuen you an example, that yee ſhould doe, as I haue done to you." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 13:15, column 1:

"I gave, thou ſay'ſt, th' example, / I led the way;" — 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 52, lines 823–824:

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