Example sentences for: tense

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

  • No, the form of the Russian verb for to be that is usually (but not always) omitted is the present tense, as sometimes in English: Terrific guy, that Tom!

  • The progressive tense occurs in Pepys's Diary , as for example in his entry for February 3, 1665: “She was dressing herself by the fire.

  • As in the case of the future tense in English, tense in Chinese is indicated by an auxiliary verb or a particle, not by inflection of the verb.

  • One wonders how a person translating into Chinese would deal with unexpected or unpredictable tense shifts: Veni, video, vincam!

  • As Fest describes it, the military's first plot against Hitler came in the tense weeks before the conclusion of the 1938 Munich agreement.


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