Example sentences for: stemmed

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

  • The overwhelming majority of the confusion stemmed from the fact that the only “complete” bilingual dictionary readily available to the Vietnamese was a two-volume monstrosity by a French professor in the 1920s.

  • Recent outbreaks have stemmed from bad drinking water, apple juice, and hamburger meat.

  • During the Kosovo crisis, which Republicans privately called "Clinton's war," GOP opposition to intervention stemmed as much from a desire to beat Clinton as from any principle.

  • It should further be noted that Haldeman's eagerness to enable Nixon's Jew-hating, which may have stemmed from his tendency to pander to all of Nixon's worst instincts, or may have reflected sincere anti-Semitism of his own--Chatterbox has no idea--does nothing to mitigate the appalling bigotry of Nixon's comments.

  • The retreat of that deck is a century-long process, but it can be stemmed.


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