errand

How To Use errand In A Sentence

• If he come to see me" (as it has always been reckoned a piece of neighbourly kindness to visit the sick) "he speaks vanity; that is, he pretends friendship, and that his errand is to mourn with me and to comfort me; he tells me he is very sorry to see me so much indisposed, and wishes me my health; but it is all flattery and falsehood. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
• Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
• Seeking to be so is a fool 's errand. Times, Sunday Times
• Also known as Endi or Errandi, Eri is a multivoltine silk spun from open-ended cocoons, unlike other varieties of silk. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
• I was a little unnoticed "shaver" -- the errand boy of the house -- not quite ten years old. My Own Life Story
• To run errands without getting the evil eye from the snotty salesgirl. Last Time I Checked, Babies Were People Too - Her Bad Mother
• A more serious breach of ethics came with the publication of a picture of Mitterrand on his deathbed.
• The occasional curtained litter or rickshaw sheltered its rich occupant from the sun as he or she ventured out on some errand.
• When the Calcutta intelligence chief suggested someone go on an “errand-boy visit” to check out the neighboring MO operation in Kandy, Betty had immediately put her name forward in hopes of seeing her friend again. A Covert Affair
• If the answer is yes, try to combine several errands in one trip.