Byes is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Byes meaning
plural of bye
Using Byes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bye
- In the example corpus, byes often appears in combinations such as: byes in, first-round byes, leg byes.
Context around Byes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Byes
- In this selection, "byes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, round, leg, receiving, having and rain stand out and add context to how "byes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include first round byes in the and both have byes this weekend. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "byes" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with byes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
India get the win with byes! (6 words)
Capt Midnight and Catch The Fire took byes into Saturday's final. (12 words)
Part of that advantage obviously has to do with the better teams earning those byes. (15 words)
LSU and Alabama both have byes this weekend prior to their crucial contest in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The game will be the first regular-season matchup between teams ranked 1 and 2 since top-ranked LSU beat Alabama 9-6 in overtime in 2011. (43 words)
Whether it was due to the messy conditions that soaked the field or something of a carried-over angst off barely missing one of the eight first-round byes in the bracket, the mood in victory often felt business-like. (40 words)
On April 24, 2020, after my sister-in-law, niece and nephew said their final heartbreaking and tearful good-byes and left, he was taken off the ventilator and died shortly thereafter. (32 words)
India get the win with byes! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Steve Smith had an argument over leg byes in the 2nd Test vs New Zealand last week; Mark Waugh has suggested that leg byes be done away with altogether.
Since the first two seeds get double byes, and the next two seeds get first-round byes, having a higher seed generally means one will be facing a weaker team.
On April 24, 2020, after my sister-in-law, niece and nephew said their final heartbreaking and tearful good-byes and left, he was taken off the ventilator and died shortly thereafter.
The Bears have lost nine in a row following byes since a Week 9 win at Green Bay in 2013.
There will be no-waiting restrictions along this road, so no stopping except in lay-byes.
The top two finishers in the three-team race earn first-round byes in the Big West Tournament set for April 20-22 at UC Irvine’s Bren Events Center.
Whether it was due to the messy conditions that soaked the field or something of a carried-over angst off barely missing one of the eight first-round byes in the bracket, the mood in victory often felt business-like.
It's likely going to be a 14-team field with the SEC and Big Ten each receiving four byes.
The top four teams — Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, and Arizona State — were awarded first-round byes with the remaining eight teams squaring off in four must-see games.
Add the winners to the 166 teams who get a bye — yes, it’s a lot of byes — and you get 256 teams remaining in the bracket.
Four first round ties will be played in the Philip O’Keeffe Division 3 Cup with the top two in the division, Kilmacow and Johnville receiving byes in the last eight.
Part of that advantage obviously has to do with the better teams earning those byes.
There will be at least nine conference games in December, each team will have two byes between Jan.
With the bulk of their fixtures played in the first half of the season, their fixtures from January were filled with byes, rain and a default, before being cut short.
With the NFL phasing out first-round byes in order to make more money, teams that clinch should seriously consider just forfeiting their last regular season and take the rest.
A half volley is timed nicely for four by Wade, and then a ball down leg goes for four leg byes.
Capt Midnight and Catch The Fire took byes into Saturday's final.
India get the win with byes!
LSU and Alabama both have byes this weekend prior to their crucial contest in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The game will be the first regular-season matchup between teams ranked 1 and 2 since top-ranked LSU beat Alabama 9-6 in overtime in 2011.
New Bremen, New Knoxville, Marion Local and Minster were selected as the top four seeds with the Cardinals and Rangers receiving byes to the sectional championships.
Common combinations with byes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- byes in 6×
- first-round byes 5×
- leg byes 4×
- byes and 3×
- byes to 3×
- two byes 3×
- with byes 3×
- four byes 2×
- byes with 2×
- of byes 2×