Explore Bat through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like racquet or racket. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bat in a sentence
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Bat meaning
- Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- An old woman.
Synonyms of Bat
Using Bat
- The main meaning on this page is: Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous. | An old woman.
- Useful related words include: chiropteran, cricket equipment, cricket bat, racquet.
- In the example corpus, bat often appears in combinations such as: the bat, to bat, bat and.
Context around Bat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bat
- In this selection, "bat" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, man, fruit, perhaps, roost, conservation and family stand out and add context to how "bat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about a bat roost in, as a bat s teeth, baseball bat and bat first. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bat" sits close to words such as conventional, dust and worn, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The team bat-boy, Bobby Savoy, asked Roy to help him carve a bat. (14 words)
The African straw-coloured fruit bat is the only long-distance migrant fruit bat on the continent. (17 words)
The week leading up to Halloween is Bat Week, an annual international celebration to raise awareness about bat conservation. (19 words)
In planning documents, they noted: 'We note that the Bat Survey Report (TMA Ltd, April 2023) for the conversion of the barn to a residential annex building will result in the loss of a number of known bat roost features. (40 words)
If you wake in the night and find a bat in your room, you may have had an exposure without realizing as a bat’s teeth are very small and people can be bitten without feeling it. (37 words)
After asking Durham bat again, the visitors lost Lees and captain Scott Borthwick in quick order and went to stumps on 12 for two, still 169 runs short of making Warwickshire bat for a second time. (36 words)
Fauci is on record stating that bat viruses have never traveled from bat to human – thereby completely obliterating his own self defense! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
If you’re worried about a bat roost in your house, or you think you’ve accidentally disturbed a bat roost, please contact the Bat Conservation Trust for detailed advice.
The character design has Batman looking more like Man-Bat if Man-Bat looked a bit more like a Bat.
A good start with the bat is very important for us, still flat, we need to bat out for a long period of time, perhaps bat through the day.
And when another bat was present, the activity of these neurons indicated the identity of the bat they were flying toward, says a release.
Fauci is on record stating that bat viruses have never traveled from bat to human – thereby completely obliterating his own self defense!
Head inland on day six for some hiking in the Atherton Tablelands and Millaa Millaa Falls before a visit to the Tolga Bat Hospital, Australia’s largest bat rehab centre.
In planning documents, they noted: 'We note that the Bat Survey Report (TMA Ltd, April 2023) for the conversion of the barn to a residential annex building will result in the loss of a number of known bat roost features.
Neal claims those same friends who convinced him to put the bat into his freezer also suggested he seal the bat’s remains in a baggy and sneak it into the show inside his coat.
The African straw-coloured fruit bat is the only long-distance migrant fruit bat on the continent.
This family of bat-people are Good Samaritans, helping where others would not, providing guidance in their quest and even surrendering their family car — despite bat-dad's grumble of dismay.
After asking Durham bat again, the visitors lost Lees and captain Scott Borthwick in quick order and went to stumps on 12 for two, still 169 runs short of making Warwickshire bat for a second time.
The Bat-Family is dedicated to keeping Gotham City safe, but DC just revealed that one Bat-Family member is destined to doom the city to darkness.
If you wake in the night and find a bat in your room, you may have had an exposure without realizing as a bat’s teeth are very small and people can be bitten without feeling it.
The actor had tweeted on Saturday night that a bat had entered into his home and he managed to get the bat out after a lot of hardships.
The team bat-boy, Bobby Savoy, asked Roy to help him carve a bat.
The week leading up to Halloween is Bat Week, an annual international celebration to raise awareness about bat conservation.
With the innings floundering, Curran opted to bat sensibly and try to bat through, reining in his naturally attacking instincts in the shortest format.
Yuzvendra Chahal revealed on The Kapil Sharma Show why he never uses his own bat and steals Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli's bat during matches.
Advertisers are rewarded in BAT as the Brave browser monitors user attention and users are rewarded in BAT to watch ads.
Anderson became a national story April 17, when he enthusiastically flipped his bat on a home run against the Royals and then got plunked in retaliation for said bat flip, causing a benches-clearing scuffle.
Phrases with bat
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with bat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bat 40×
- to bat 37×
- bat and 18×
- bat in 12×
- baseball bat 12×
- bat first 12×
- his bat 9×
- bat out 6×
- bat on 6×
- bat as 6×