Explore Cantered through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cantered meaning
simple past and past participle of canter
Using Cantered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of canter
- In the example corpus, cantered often appears in combinations such as: they cantered, cantered home, cantered to.
Context around Cantered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cantered
- In this selection, "cantered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, india, fritz, davies, home and down stand out and add context to how "cantered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 9 fritz cantered through yesterday and gareth davies cantered through a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cantered" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cantered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
World No.9 Fritz cantered through yesterday’s clash in 64 minutes in Sydney. (14 words)
The deer turned swiftly on heel and cantered down a nearby banking to where the rest of its family were waiting. (21 words)
India cantered home by 10 wickets with 263 balls to spare, their biggest ever ODI victory margin in terms of balls remaining. (22 words)
Verstappen has cantered to many of his 15 wins this season, a dominance that doubtless informed the reaction of fans at the Circuit of the Americas who gave him some stick as he collected the trophy but of those 15, this was one he had to earn. (47 words)
A visibly tiring home team made no effort to get into position, and Ebbrell’s quick throw was taken by wing forward Max Wild, who cantered over the line to score Keighley’s fifth try on the hour mark, with Brown converting. (42 words)
The hosts have set off like a train in Division Two, with this their fifth win in six league games this year, but the ease with which they cantered to victory will have concerned Keighley. (35 words)
Example sentences (8)
India cantered home by 10 wickets with 263 balls to spare, their biggest ever ODI victory margin in terms of balls remaining.
The deer turned swiftly on heel and cantered down a nearby banking to where the rest of its family were waiting.
Verstappen has cantered to many of his 15 wins this season, a dominance that doubtless informed the reaction of fans at the Circuit of the Americas who gave him some stick as he collected the trophy but of those 15, this was one he had to earn.
World No.9 Fritz cantered through yesterday’s clash in 64 minutes in Sydney.
A visibly tiring home team made no effort to get into position, and Ebbrell’s quick throw was taken by wing forward Max Wild, who cantered over the line to score Keighley’s fifth try on the hour mark, with Brown converting.
The hosts have set off like a train in Division Two, with this their fifth win in six league games this year, but the ease with which they cantered to victory will have concerned Keighley.
Soon after, however, Adams had his hat-trick, again at the corner, before scrumhalf Gareth Davies cantered through a hole to set up Williams for the sealing try.
He did manage to pick up his wicket ultimately but it was not enough as the hosts cantered home to a comfortable win.
Common combinations with cantered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- they cantered 2×
- cantered home 2×
- cantered to 2×
- cantered through 2×