Explore Beens through 7 example sentences from English. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Context around Beens
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Beens
- In this selection, "beens" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, seldom, clinging and sold stand out and add context to how "beens" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include considered have beens seldom seen and gang has beens. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "beens" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with beens
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’s the king of signing those over the hill gang has beens. (13 words)
Nowadays, magazines, comics and pocketbooks are considered “have-beens,” seldom seen in the streets unlike in their heyday. (18 words)
The school had previously announced that all season tickets had beens sold out for the fourth straight season. (18 words)
His choice to center this story on two has-beens clinging by their fingernails to hold onto their position in Hollywood’s social hierarchy is a poignant one, and it adds to much of the movie’s glorious recreation of the feel of that period. (45 words)
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda’s set becomes an emotional tribute to that band’s late singer, Chester Bennington, and the weekend’s unlikely smash is the reinvention of the Wombats from indie has-beens into a slick, synthesiser-augmented, funny pop machine. (43 words)
Unless drastic measures are taken to restore the Ghosts’ lost pride, the once mighty Orlando Pirates will become another club in the dustbin of has-beens. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
Nowadays, magazines, comics and pocketbooks are considered “have-beens,” seldom seen in the streets unlike in their heyday.
His choice to center this story on two has-beens clinging by their fingernails to hold onto their position in Hollywood’s social hierarchy is a poignant one, and it adds to much of the movie’s glorious recreation of the feel of that period.
Unless drastic measures are taken to restore the Ghosts’ lost pride, the once mighty Orlando Pirates will become another club in the dustbin of has-beens.
He’s the king of signing those over the hill gang has beens.
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda’s set becomes an emotional tribute to that band’s late singer, Chester Bennington, and the weekend’s unlikely smash is the reinvention of the Wombats from indie has-beens into a slick, synthesiser-augmented, funny pop machine.
The school had previously announced that all season tickets had beens sold out for the fourth straight season.
It explores the sexual ambivalence of a happy marriage and tries to equate the importance of sexual dreams and might-have-beens with reality.