Example sentences for: stemmed

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

  • The problems on board Mir during his tenure, said Tsibliev, according to the Post , were not his fault, but rather stemmed from "problems on Earth.

  • Americans, however, had long been saying that something stemmed from something else, `was descended from or caused by it,' exactly in the sense of the German stammen von .

  • Nixon's reputation for double-dealing came from his fear of confrontation, and Watergate stemmed from his tendency to give wildly impractical orders that he never really wanted implemented.

  • On the oath, see Intelligence report, interrogation of KSM, Nov. 13, 2003 (in which KSM also claims his reluctance stemmed from a concern that he would lose the ability to persevere with the 9/11 operation should Bin Ladin subsequently decide to cancel it).

  • This attitude may have stemmed in large part from the chief of this unit, who did not believe that simply following the money from point A to point B revealed much about the terrorists' plans and intentions.


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


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast