On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Battened. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Battened meaning
simple past and past participle of batten
Using Battened
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of batten
- In the example corpus, battened often appears in combinations such as: battened down.
Context around Battened
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Battened
- In this selection, "battened" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, side, quarter, seaboard and down stand out and add context to how "battened" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include children already battened down against and eastern seaboard battened down for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "battened" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with battened
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sean Power’s side battened down the hatches after shipping four goals to Tipperary in the Munster semi-final. (19 words)
He sketches a scene of ‘men, women and children already battened down against the freezing weather by the ubiquitous wearing of hats’. (22 words)
Pittard, 76, said he battened up his house and is spending the storm in a nearby duplex behind a group of cottages that a friend owns. (26 words)
Buyout firms spent the bulk of the second quarter battened down as they assessed the economic damage of the shutdown on the companies they own… Those in need conserved cash, drew down revolving-credit facilities or sought rescue financing. (39 words)
Hurricane Isaias slammed into North Carolina bringing life-threatening storm surges and leaving more than 350,000 homes without power, as the US eastern seaboard battened down for flash floods and destructive winds. (33 words)
Pittard, 76, said he battened up his house and is spending the storm in a nearby duplex behind a group of cottages that a friend owns. (26 words)
Example sentences (5)
He sketches a scene of ‘men, women and children already battened down against the freezing weather by the ubiquitous wearing of hats’.
Sean Power’s side battened down the hatches after shipping four goals to Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.
Buyout firms spent the bulk of the second quarter battened down as they assessed the economic damage of the shutdown on the companies they own… Those in need conserved cash, drew down revolving-credit facilities or sought rescue financing.
Hurricane Isaias slammed into North Carolina bringing life-threatening storm surges and leaving more than 350,000 homes without power, as the US eastern seaboard battened down for flash floods and destructive winds.
Pittard, 76, said he battened up his house and is spending the storm in a nearby duplex behind a group of cottages that a friend owns.
Common combinations with battened
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: