Explore Den through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lair or habitation. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Den in a sentence
Related words
Den meaning
- A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
- A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
- A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
Using Den
- The main meaning on this page is: A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment. | A squalid or wretched place; a haunt. | A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
- Useful related words include: lair, habitation, hideout, hideaway.
- In the example corpus, den often appears in combinations such as: the den, van den, den and.
Context around Den
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Den
- In this selection, "den" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, raschke, taylor, swe, managing, campus and haag stand out and add context to how "den" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include elizabeth taylor den campus reporter and logan raschke den managing editor. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "den" sits close to words such as archive, catholics and detailing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with den
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gain access to Redwater Den, a skooma den, and you’ll come across this familiar face. (16 words)
More than one female dhole may den and rear their litters together in the same den. (16 words)
Should the den be disturbed or infested with fleas, the pups are moved into another den. (16 words)
Nineveh is ironically compared with a lion, in reference to the lion as an Assyrian symbol of power; Nineveh is the lion of strength that has a den full of dead prey but will become weak like the lion hiding in its den. (43 words)
Carnival celebrations Mayor Ton Rombouts, Peer vaan den Muggenheuvel tot den Bobberd and Prince Amadeiro XXV on the steps of the City Hall in 's-Hertogenbosch during Carnival 2007 Once a year, 's-Hertogenbosch changes its name to "Oeteldonk". (39 words)
For example, den där fisken means "that fish" and refers to a specific fish; den fisken is less definite and means "that fish" in a more abstract sense, such as that set of fish; while fisken means "the fish". (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
In this prequel episode of season 3 of Stream Fiends, Logan Raschke, DEN managing editor/senior journalism major, and Elizabeth Taylor, DEN campus reporter/freshman journalism major, analyze episodes 1 through 5 of “You” from its first season.
Some of the audience gathered in the street outside Royal Albert Hall after the contest and chanted “Swe-den, Swe-den”.
Doner Kebab Chao is a tiny shop at the edge of Den Den Town in Osaka near Ebisucho Station.
If you are interested in registering your child for DEN’s Pre-K program for the 2019-20 school year, please come to the DEN office to request more information or pick up an application.
On Stream Fiends, Logan Raschke, DEN managing editor/senior journalism major, and Elizabeth Taylor, DEN campus reporter/freshman journalism major, co-host the podcast together.
They were spent in Den Haag, apparently, but Den Haag to me is just a railway station.
A Cub Scout Den, sans their Den Mother, could do a better job of running the country.
Foxes only use a den while raising their young, so once the kits are old enough to fend for themselves, usually by mid to late summer, they will abandon the den and move on.
Gain access to Redwater Den, a skooma den, and you’ll come across this familiar face.
Carnival celebrations Mayor Ton Rombouts, Peer vaan den Muggenheuvel tot den Bobberd and Prince Amadeiro XXV on the steps of the City Hall in 's-Hertogenbosch during Carnival 2007 Once a year, 's-Hertogenbosch changes its name to "Oeteldonk".
For example, den där fisken means "that fish" and refers to a specific fish; den fisken is less definite and means "that fish" in a more abstract sense, such as that set of fish; while fisken means "the fish".
James LaFleur, ed. Pieter van den Broeck Pieter van den Broecke was employed by one of these companies.
More than one female dhole may den and rear their litters together in the same den.
Nineveh is ironically compared with a lion, in reference to the lion as an Assyrian symbol of power; Nineveh is the lion of strength that has a den full of dead prey but will become weak like the lion hiding in its den.
Should the den be disturbed or infested with fleas, the pups are moved into another den.
Thawing of permafrost would affect the bears who traditionally den underground, and warm winters could result in den roofs collapsing or having reduced insulative value.
The Mayor then hands over his duties temporarily to "Peer vaan den Muggenheuvel tot den Bobberd" during this three-day festival.
Works *De planetarum influxu in corpus humanum (Über den Einfluss der Gestirne auf den menschlichen Körper; "The Influence of the Planets on the Human Body" / original language: Latin) (1766).
A couple of years ago The Dragon’s Den producers were looking for new Dragons and I found myself on the final shortlist.
A draw at the Riverside would guarantee top six for Coventry, but would open the door for Millwall to overtake them into fifth and play Boro, if they were to beat Blackburn at the Den.
Common combinations with den
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the den 37×
- van den 24×
- den and 13×
- den berg 12×
- den of 10×
- dragons den 9×
- drug den 8×
- in den 5×
- dragon den 5×
- and den 5×