Example sentences for: stab

How can you use “stab” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nevertheless, the tiara looked nothing at all like the Miss America crown, and I must admit I felt a stab of envy.

  • GEM cDNA clones (supplied as a bacterial stab) were purchased from IncyteGenomics and streaked on LB agar plates containing the appropriate antibiotic.

  • While I acknowledge that it is not easy to know how to sort out the many topics to be covered in a usage book, most reasonable writers have taken a stab at writing an entry under a heading that seems a likely place to look, then have provided a detailed index.

  • Martin King III made a brief stab at a political career.

  • Men collide, blow themselves in half with their own mishandled grenades, stab themselves frantically with morphine needles, shove cigarettes up their noses to keep the stench of the dying and the dead at bay.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast