Wondering how to use Cant in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as buzzword or lingo.
Cant in a sentence
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Cant meaning
- An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
- A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
- A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
Synonyms of Cant
Using Cant
- The main meaning on this page is: An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. | A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group. | A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
- Useful related words include: buzzword, lingo, jargon, slang.
- In the example corpus, cant often appears in combinations such as: you cant, cant even, they cant.
Context around Cant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 3 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cant
- In this selection, "cant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, man, government, company, get, think and tell stand out and add context to how "cant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and biden cant get obama and and why cant i liberate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cant" sits close to words such as accolade, accompaniment and artistry, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She cant prepare for that. (5 words)
I blocked them out – cant imagine watching them again! (9 words)
Like they say you cant teach old dogs new tricks. (10 words)
Pre match we caught up with player/head coach Scott Frost-Davies,who said: “We’ve obviously had a great start to the season but we cant afford to get carried away, we need to stick to our game plan and the results will come. (45 words)
Freedom of speech means the government cant tell you what you can and cannot say, it does not mean a private company cant limit what you can say using their platform or in their place of business. (37 words)
Night storms are deadly because people cant see them and are less likely to take cover, and they miss warnings in their sleep. (23 words)
Why cant I forgive and why cant I liberate myself from this? (12 words)
How long will it take for USA and west to realize they cant win with their proxy UA army? (19 words)
If you cant make it work in California, how can it possible work here? (14 words)
He said: “Cant thank yall enuf. everyone who supports me is amazing. i still have my health! (17 words)
I blocked them out – cant imagine watching them again! (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
This man cant even speak clearly and concisely… All this back and forth making me feel he cant think clearly either.
Freedom of speech means the government cant tell you what you can and cannot say, it does not mean a private company cant limit what you can say using their platform or in their place of business.
Japan is sorry they cant take over feeble islands while Korea just cant get it together.
Mayor Pete cant even get endorsed from his own city and Biden cant get Obama to endorse him.
Why cant I forgive and why cant I liberate myself from this?
He said: “Cant thank yall enuf. everyone who supports me is amazing. i still have my health!
How long will it take for USA and west to realize they cant win with their proxy UA army?
I blocked them out – cant imagine watching them again!
If New York can see the writing on the wall why cant Cayman.
If the actor cant move like Jet-Li don't even bother.
If you cant make it work in California, how can it possible work here?
Like they say you cant teach old dogs new tricks.
Need the embargo lifted and some fresh players in. Biggest story of the night is Lopata, cant blame him for wanting out.
Night storms are deadly because people cant see them and are less likely to take cover, and they miss warnings in their sleep.
Pre match we caught up with player/head coach Scott Frost-Davies,who said: “We’ve obviously had a great start to the season but we cant afford to get carried away, we need to stick to our game plan and the results will come.
Seems like the GOP cant even decide who they want to be speaker.
She cant prepare for that.
The government of Premier Doug Ford apparently believes all should be thankful for the one per cant pittance a year it has dictated.
We cant forget our fan base who desire to see us perform and produce an outcome we can all celebrate together.
We cant rule out a few showers late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
Common combinations with cant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- you cant 32×
- cant even 14×
- they cant 14×
- cant be 14×
- we cant 10×
- and cant 10×
- cant get 9×
- cant wait 9×
- just cant 7×
- why cant 7×