HUB in a Sentence

Learn HUB from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
12 example sentences for HUB, such as:
1. Two new spokes and a hub must be made.
2. The ruts were up to the hubs of the cannons.
3. The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.
4. It aims to compete with aviation hub like Singapore.
5. Birmingham is at the hub of Britain's motorway network.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of HUB
hub
 n.  the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes
 n.  a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve
Classic Sentence:
1  The shock administered by the mail-wagon had split two spokes and strained the hub, so that the nut no longer held firm.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
2  Two new spokes and a hub must be made.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER V—HINDRANCES
3  At the present hour, the radiation of diseases from Paris extends to fifty leagues around the Louvre, taken as the hub of this pestilential wheel.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—FUTURE PROGRESS
4  The ruts were up to the hubs of the cannons.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
Example Sentence:
1  With competition from cities like Berlin, Shanghai or Mumbai, we must not jeopardise London's position as a world creative hub.
2  The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.
3  It aims to compete with aviation hub like Singapore.
4  The City of London is the hub of Britain's financial world.
5  Each country runs a national network that links to a host computer in a research institution that acts as a national hub.
6  Birmingham is at the hub of Britain's motorway network.
7  There is no credible rival for its position as the world's preeminent innovation hub; but there are signs that the Valley's influence is peaking.
8  Greater Tokyo, with legions of wealthy retirees among its 35m residents, could handily outstrip tiny Singapore as a gambling hub.