Wondering how to use Bookend in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as support.
Bookend meaning
- A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
- Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
Synonyms of Bookend
Using Bookend
- The main meaning on this page is: A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright. | Something that comes before, after, or at both sides of something else.
- Useful related words include: support.
- In the example corpus, bookend often appears in combinations such as: bookend to, bookend the, to bookend.
Context around Bookend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bookend
- In this selection, "bookend" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, perfect, nice, fitting, baby, defensive and demographics stand out and add context to how "bookend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a career bookend and a fitting bookend to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bookend" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bookend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My husband and I are bookend baby boomers. (8 words)
Cool, sunny days will bookend some midweek rain this week. (10 words)
Gina: What a perfect bookend to his time on the show. (11 words)
We hope that Louis can be right up there fighting for a victory with his teammates, and with Ryan Gibbons winning the first stage in a sprint perhaps he can bookend the race with a win on Sunday, which would be just epic for us. (45 words)
The Magic arrived in Brooklyn as the hottest team in the NBA, but Mikal Bridges and the Nets now have pinned the past two losses suffered by Orlando to bookend what had been a nine-game winning streak. (38 words)
The county now has what Dr. Mansfield calls “bookend” demographics, with a large population bulge over the age of 50 and another one under the age of 19. The prime working-age population is small in comparison. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
My husband and I are bookend baby boomers.
The full size Statue of Responsibility will be placed on the West Coast as a bookend to the Statue of Liberty in New York.
The Magic arrived in Brooklyn as the hottest team in the NBA, but Mikal Bridges and the Nets now have pinned the past two losses suffered by Orlando to bookend what had been a nine-game winning streak.
This alternate route enjoys elevated views out over the village and the firth, and makes for a nice bookend to your walk.
Gina: What a perfect bookend to his time on the show.
Since the bookend was wiped down, there should’ve already been a blood-stained towel for Sharon to find.
Some would say it’s a fitting bookend to the way the Ravens got to 43 games the last time around.
The 49ers spent most of last season trying to find a bookend defensive end to complement perennial Pro Bowler Nick Bosa.
The four-mile runs to start and finish bookend a hilly 25-mile bike distance where pairs are permitted to ‘draft’ each other.
Two bank holidays bookend the month of May and taking advantage of annual leave within these weeks could mean 18 days off for the price of eight.
But the scenes that bookend that horror ground its most ghoulish and surreal sequences in the real sense of despondency that threatened to drown many communities in the wake of the war.
That grace is almost a bookend to Barack Obama picking Biden as his VP.
Though Barr had not appeared at a news conference in months, he led this one two days before his departure as something of a career bookend.
We hope that Louis can be right up there fighting for a victory with his teammates, and with Ryan Gibbons winning the first stage in a sprint perhaps he can bookend the race with a win on Sunday, which would be just epic for us.
A perfect bookend to our stay and this article (for those who want to get Meta!).
The county now has what Dr. Mansfield calls “bookend” demographics, with a large population bulge over the age of 50 and another one under the age of 19. The prime working-age population is small in comparison.
As for Stenson, the Swede was 2 under on the day after the front nine, but had bookend bogeys on the back nine and finished with a 1-under 71.
Cool, sunny days will bookend some midweek rain this week.
He figured the five-year lease would likely bookend the start and end date of his new venture.
It was full of gumption, but after so many great episodes back-to-back, this finale felt like it needed to be a two-parter, a proper bookend for the season’s two-part premiere.
Common combinations with bookend
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bookend to 8×
- bookend the 4×
- to bookend 2×
- perfect bookend 2×
- would bookend 2×