Sentences with collect
col·lect
C c - Two young girls were collecting firewood. [VERB noun]
- I used to collect stamps. [VERB noun]
- Toni Jordan Some people collect souvenir teaspoons.
- Danny Zarka is first in line to collect his PS3 in Sydney, which was handed to him personally by Sony's local managing director.
- David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays. [VERB noun + from]
- Methane gas does collect in the mines around here. [VERB preposition/adverb]
- Melbourne artists have dominated the most recent Australian Art Collector magazine's list of Australia's 50 most collectable artists.
- In AM, usually use pick up
- Like a telescope, it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight. [VERB noun]
- Are you collecting for charity? [VERB + for]
- She paused for a moment to collect herself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
- She received a collect phone call from Alaska.
- He collected his wits
- collect your own post
- He really collected when the will was read
- A crowd collected
- Water collects in the basement
- To telephone collect
- The company hasn't yet tried to collect on the outstanding balance.In recent months, difficulties in collecting Third World loans have mounted.If you collect on a debt, you receive payment on a debt.
- I had to call collect.
- The professor collected the students' exams.
- To collect stamps.
- To collect a bill.
- At the news of her promotion, she took a few minutes to collect herself.
- He drove off to collect his guests. They collected their mail.
- The students collected in the assembly hall.
- Rain water collected in the barrel.
- He collected on the damage to his house.
- He's been collecting for years.
- He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.
- Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
- A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan. A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.
- John Henry collects stamps.
- He had a lot of trouble collecting on that bet he made.
- The rain collected in puddles.
- I don't think he collects as much as hoards.
- It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.