Example sentences for: stemming

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

  • All this excess of zeal in using the right phones at the right time lets members of Congress pretend they're cleaning up the system without actually stemming the flow of money.

  • One oddity the syllable-cutter is bound to come across in his explorations is the twosome stemming from a common root.

  • Other explanations for the absence of an observed effect may be the secular decline in the contaminant load of PCBs and other contaminants in fish [ 40 ] , residual confounding stemming from our inability to control for duration of breastfeeding prior to the index pregnancy [ 41 ] or other unmeasured confounders.

  • Jalisco is especially noted for its tooled leather goods, an art stemming from the traditions of the charros (Mexican ranchers, highly skilled in the roping and handling of horses), dating back to the days of the haciendas.

  • She knows that the year 2000 arrives at least 2,005 years after Christ was actually born; that due to an error in calculation stemming from medieval ignorance of the number zero, the new millennium doesn't start till next year; that the Gregorian calendar is filled with arbitrary adjustments and slippages; and so forth.


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