Wondering how to use Dime in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as coin or deck.
Dime in a sentence
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Dime meaning
- A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- A small amount of money.
- An assist.
Using Dime
- The main meaning on this page is: A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents. | A small amount of money. | An assist.
- Useful related words include: coin, dime bag, deck.
- In the example corpus, dime often appears in combinations such as: on dime, and dime, dime to.
Context around Dime
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dime
- In this selection, "dime" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reports, best, public, packages, novels and savings stand out and add context to how "dime" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a dime defender and at best dime cb after. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dime" sits close to words such as alias, alloy and articulate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dime
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
However, this option is definitely the most affordable, if you're not looking to spend a dime. (17 words)
As you know, their advisers were a dime a dozen, and it seemed enough to simply copy their models. (19 words)
Never got a dime back, although he said he would pay it back - I never really pressed it though. (19 words)
For non-military friends and family members' headstones, says that a penny means you're paying your respect, a nickel means you went to school together, a dime means you worked together, and a quarter means you were with them when they passed away. (44 words)
Banks talks a great game on demanding more, but he’s got to find ways to get results or all his admirable reforms won’t make a dime’s worth of difference: Children can’t learn if they’re not there. (41 words)
Examples included the Dime Savings Bank and the Mercedes-Benz Showroom in New York City, the Al Jolson Shrine in California, the historic post office building in Chicago, city hall in Philadelphia and the Chrysler Mausoleum in New York. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Books and dime novels (1847–1859) Carson's fame spread throughout the United States with government reports, dime novels, newspaper accounts, and word of mouth.
A man looks at the painting "Le paiement de la dime" (The Payment of the Yearly Dues) by the artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1636) before its auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France.
As Doss of the Miami New Times is reporting, not so much as a crumb was served up on the former president's dime.
As you know, their advisers were a dime a dozen, and it seemed enough to simply copy their models.
Banks talks a great game on demanding more, but he’s got to find ways to get results or all his admirable reforms won’t make a dime’s worth of difference: Children can’t learn if they’re not there.
Be surprised if he is anything more than at best dime CB after a few weeks, with the Chargers try to figure out the best way to off-load him.
CU’s new two-way star is a Mega Millions ticket in cleats, a magic lamp that can cut on a dime.
Despite experiences like this being a dime a dozen, for displaced people there is no time to process or recover, instead people are busy with the urgent task of staying alive.
Examples included the Dime Savings Bank and the Mercedes-Benz Showroom in New York City, the Al Jolson Shrine in California, the historic post office building in Chicago, city hall in Philadelphia and the Chrysler Mausoleum in New York.
For non-military friends and family members' headstones, says that a penny means you're paying your respect, a nickel means you went to school together, a dime means you worked together, and a quarter means you were with them when they passed away.
For the first half of the season, that plan remained a theory, with Peterson mostly sticking at the outside corner, only playing inside in dime packages.
Had a dime store a block and a half from the house that us neighborhood kids all knew well, kept watch over the stock for things we wanted.
Harrison has done just that, playing in a sub-package linebacker role next to Franklin in the box as well as a dime defender.
However, this option is definitely the most affordable, if you're not looking to spend a dime.
Instead, he’ll work into sub-packages, filtering into passing situations in the team’s nickel and dime packages in obvious pass situations.
I’ve never been so sure of pre-ordering an expansion but I’ll make this exception, because a company such as the one that believes a challenge can be overcome, deserves every cent, nickel, and dime.
Neither McFarland or Ja would earn a dime off the fight, with the proceeds instead going to the unpaid Fyre Festival employees in the Bahamas.
Never got a dime back, although he said he would pay it back - I never really pressed it though.
Nobody is saying you can’t put on a drag show, you just can’t do it in a public facility on the public dime and you can’t use it to groom and sexualize kids.
Norwood losing out to Kazee in the defensive rotation as the team’s sixth defensive back in dime packages isn’t a complete shock.
Common combinations with dime
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on dime 29×
- and dime 11×
- dime to 11×
- dime dozen 8×
- dime of 8×
- dime from 8×
- dime for 8×
- dime and 7×
- every dime 7×
- the dime 6×