STUB in a Sentence
Learn STUB 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.
Example sentences for STUB, such as:
1. He stubbed his toe on a rock.
2. I stubbed my toe on the step.
3. I've stubbed my toe on a rock.
4. He stubbed his match on the plate.
5. I can't write with this pencil stub.
2. I stubbed my toe on the step.
3. I've stubbed my toe on a rock.
4. He stubbed his match on the plate.
5. I can't write with this pencil stub.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of STUB
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stub
v. clear of weeds by uprooting them
n. a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
Classic Sentence:
1 She hoped that Edna would go to see her in the city, and wrote her address with the stub of a pencil on a piece of card which she found in her pocket.
2 If you seriously desire to deceive me you must change your tobacconist; for when I see the stub of a cigarette marked Bradley, Oxford Street, I know that my friend Watson is in the neighbourhood.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
3 He stubbed his match on the plate.
Example Sentence:
1 Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.
2 I can't write with this pencil stub.
3 I stubbed my toe against the foot of the table.
4 He stubbed his toe on a rock.
5 I stubbed my toe on the step.
6 I've stubbed my toe on a rock.