1. sample - Noun
2. sample - Verb
3. Sample - Proper noun
Example; pattern.
A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
To make or show something similar to; to match.
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it. Rodney Dangerfield
Every region should retain representative samples of its original or wilderness condition, to serve science as a sample of normality. Just as doctors must study healthy people to understand disease, so must the land sciences study the wilderness to understand disorders of the land-mechanism. Aldo Leopold
(Coining the phrase ‘test of significance'): Critical tests of this kind may be called tests of significance, and when such tests are available we may discover whether a second sample is or is not significantly different from the first. Ronald Fisher
Always sample a maidens charms before the wedding. English Proverb
He should not complain of being cheated who buys the cloth by the sample. Portuguese Proverb