Explore Dashed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dotted or broken. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dashed in a sentence
Related words
Dashed meaning
past participle of dash
Using Dashed
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of dash
- Useful related words include: dotted, broken.
- In the example corpus, dashed often appears in combinations such as: were dashed, and dashed, dashed to.
Context around Dashed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dashed
- In this selection, "dashed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, away, 1990s, instantly, away, hopes and stefanos stand out and add context to how "dashed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adding a dashed line to and and instantly dashed into the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dashed" sits close to words such as abolish, annex and appropriations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dashed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Betrayed, Boba's confidence in mentors was dashed, and his journey of independence began. (14 words)
After a leveling off in the trajectory, the recent uptrend was dashed this past week. (15 words)
However, Nigeria’s courts found against him and dashed his hopes to lead the APC. (15 words)
Lorenzen (7-8) didn’t make it out of the fourth inning in his first outing since no-hitting Washington on Aug. 9. The right-hander’s bid for back-to-back no-hitters was dashed when Lane Thomas beat out an infield single in the first. (47 words)
Mast dashed into the clear to take a cross-ice pass from Voit and connect from the right hash marks at 6:51, with Nolan Burke drawing the second assist on defenceman Mast’s fourth goal. (36 words)
Australian up-and-comer Jordan Thompson has dashed Stefanos Tsitsipas ambition to seize the world No.1 ranking, eliminating the Greek from the Indian Wells tournament title with an exhilarating three-set victory. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tyreek Hill seemed to have dashed away, dashed away, dashed away all season toward this award.
After a leveling off in the trajectory, the recent uptrend was dashed this past week.
After Taliban rule in the late 1990s dashed her dream of becoming a doctor, she eventually earned a master’s degree in business and management from Preston University in Pakistan.
All the mystery that made him unique was dashed, and his appealing creepy nature was squashed with a fly swatter.
Amy, a TV producer, threw her coat to Sarah and instantly dashed into the water, with Carrie quickly following.
Australian up-and-comer Jordan Thompson has dashed Stefanos Tsitsipas ambition to seize the world No.1 ranking, eliminating the Greek from the Indian Wells tournament title with an exhilarating three-set victory.
Betrayed, Boba's confidence in mentors was dashed, and his journey of independence began.
But all hopes of snatching the winner by Caen was dashed as they also had a player sent off after Court was shown a straight red.
But in an update posted just minutes ago, the ferry operator dashed hopes that MV Loch Seaforth's engine issues might be resolved on Tuesday.
Captains are delineated by three stripes on their sleeves in the era -- two thick, one dashed -- which slightly alters to a single thin band sandwiched between two thicker ones.
DeSantis concluded the event to enthusiastic applause, then dashed off the stage without taking questions from the event attendees.
England’s hopes of reaching the Women’s T20 World Cup final were dashed by a narrow six-run defeat to South Africa in Cape Town.
Her hope for forcing a play-off was dashed after her birdie attempt at the last landed a foot away from the pin.
His ambition to become the next secretary-general of Nato was dashed by US President Joe Biden who, despite pressure from the UK, refused to support his candidacy.
However, Nigeria’s courts found against him and dashed his hopes to lead the APC.
It dashed hopes that finally the “moment” for restoration of the Palace as the town’s centerpiece had arrived.
It is also considering adding a dashed line to help drivers know where to stop to activate the vehicle detection sensors.
Lorenzen (7-8) didn’t make it out of the fourth inning in his first outing since no-hitting Washington on Aug. 9. The right-hander’s bid for back-to-back no-hitters was dashed when Lane Thomas beat out an infield single in the first.
Marks and Spencer has dashed hopes that it is coming to the town confirming it has no plans to move into the building.
Mast dashed into the clear to take a cross-ice pass from Voit and connect from the right hash marks at 6:51, with Nolan Burke drawing the second assist on defenceman Mast’s fourth goal.
Common combinations with dashed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- were dashed 35×
- and dashed 16×
- dashed to 16×
- been dashed 15×
- was dashed 13×
- dashed by 13×
- dashed into 9×
- dashed off 9×
- dashed when 9×
- has dashed 7×