Noun : the poor section of town; the left section of a drawer. ,the financial section of a daily paper; section 2 of the bylaws. ,sections of a fishing rod. ,On holidays the New York to Boston train runs in three sections. ,a rhythm section. From Dictionary.com.
Take off clothing and place it in sectioned laundry hamper according to lights and darks. From Wordnik.com. [Gaffs Mint | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
He should have been deemed (or 'sectioned' as they now euphemistically call it). From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Midsomer Murders, saying he would have been "sectioned" by shareholders if he had tried to. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"sectioned" under the Mental Health Act increased by a fifth between 1996 and 2006. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Trailing them was an unusual nine-sectioned Tiggarin. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
They have been sectioned off in their own little group. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009] Reference
They towered over rolling green fields neatly sectioned into farms. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Of Deception]
Navy is in charge of this area, which is sectioned off for the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2006] Reference
And the U.S. Marshals sectioned off a row of seats for Zazi's family. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2009] Reference
ADAMS: Three people shot in the head - one body sectioned by chainsaw. From Wordnik.com. [Elmore Leonard, At Home In Detroit] Reference
He moved toward the garage and studied the horizontally sectioned door. From Wordnik.com. [The crush]
Remember when she rang and begged me to stop you getting her sectioned?. From Wordnik.com. [Bone Dust Disco] Reference
It's a dilapidated French villa, sectioned off into rambling apartments. From Wordnik.com. [From Ho Chi Minh City with Love] Reference
Marshals sectioned off a row of seats for Zazi's family, well, no one shows. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
He lifted the lid of the sea chest and removed the sectioned tray from the top. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
The layout is well sectioned above the fold … and below the fold, we have …. From Wordnik.com. [Drive-by-Shooting Sundays: The Writing Journey] Reference
The part I emphasized is so insane people have probably been sectioned for less. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
We never know exactly, because the other ones are not supposed to be C-sectioned. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2002] Reference
When it sectioned, he had only a fraction of a second to see what the message was. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Giveaway] Reference
The case showed several small, urn-like growths, sectioned like the other specimens. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
The full-grown ovule may be readily sectioned, and a general idea of its structure obtained. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
But it was easier for me at Central because we did have them sectioned according to ability. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Bonnie E. Cone, January 7, 1986. Interview C-0048. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Mary's mother, Betty Bell, was a severely disturbed alcoholic who had been sectioned at least once. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Children Who Kill Never Had A Chance] Reference
It was one of fourteen identical stalls, sectioned according to subject matter, which faced the central floor. From Wordnik.com. [A Canticle for Leibowitz]
As Angel had noticed, the right leg had been sectioned into several neat pieces, cut at the hip, knee, and ankle. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
So I thought of music as being a continuum, as one thing, not a sort of ghettoized, you know, sectioned-off thing. From Wordnik.com. [Sting On His World Tour And Humanitarian Work] Reference
He became dimly aware of his surroundings, a large room sectioned off with panels of Lucite around small white beds. From Wordnik.com. [Last Drop]
This two-sectioned, rectangular wooden harrow has five wooden beams per section, each section having 18 rounded teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
In all, a total of 538 soldiers in Iraq have been "sectioned out," or sent home for treatment of psychological problems. From Wordnik.com. [STRESSED OUT AT THE FRONT] Reference
Hostage negotiators spoke to Lee from a sectioned-off area of the command center, so Lee couldn't hear background noises. From Wordnik.com. [James J. Lee's hostage standoff at Discovery was grueling time for officials] Reference
SOLLIE: Again, because the employees have been sectioned off, our investigators are starting their interview process now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2003] Reference
And then this hair is sectioned and cut into small pieces, kind of appropriate with the expected amount of growth per month. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
Gould has a cross-sectioned image from her own study that she says shows one cell marked as new -- and it's clearly a neuron. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
As Dalglish says, you could probably have got yourself sectioned in 1990 for suggesting Liverpool would go two decades without a title. From Wordnik.com. [I don't see why Liverpool can't win the title, says Kenny Dalglish] Reference
Police arrested the wrong person and sectioned herThe next day, 12 June 2006, Andrea overdosed again, and absconded from A&E afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [What led Andrea Adams to kill herself at 18?] Reference
The five bug-eye terminal screens were perched on a long steel desk, sectioned off from one another by thin corrugated sheets of plastic. From Wordnik.com. [Ugly Americans]
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