Get to know Fan better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like device or heighten.
Fan in a sentence
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Fan meaning
- A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
- An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
Synonyms of Fan
Using Fan
- The main meaning on this page is: A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself. | An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc. | The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- Useful related words include: device, heighten, compound, intensify.
- In the example corpus, fan often appears in combinations such as: fan of, the fan, fan and.
Context around Fan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fan
- In this selection, "fan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, huge, comics, war, favorite, services and mentions stand out and add context to how "fan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a different fan tried to, a fan mentions their, big fan, fan art and fan theories. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fan" sits close to words such as equipment, foundation and effective, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’m not a college football fan, an Ohio fan, or an Urban Meyer fan. (15 words)
A troubled fan stalks Mima, and the fan only exacerbates Mima's slipping grasp on reality. (16 words)
If you’re not a fan of Dark Rose, I’m not a fan of you. (16 words)
A fan mentions their love for one of Rodriguez’s films; Rodriguez talks in detail about about an aspect of making that film, and then the fan receives a signed poster from that film, often with an invitation to visit Troublemaker. (41 words)
God of War Fan Attempts to Make Kratos Out of Clay, Gets Hilarious ResultA God of War fan is still reeling in disbelief at how poorly their clay Kratos sculpture turned out, much to the fandom's amusement. (38 words)
Many thought the 26-year-old faked out a young fan after his prance to pay dirt, but Jones eventually explained he was protecting the football after a different fan tried to swipe it away from him. (37 words)
How do we get people to watch hockey that might be a fan of the Jonas Brothers, a fan of AJR, a fan of a celebrity? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
How do we get people to watch hockey that might be a fan of the Jonas Brothers, a fan of AJR, a fan of a celebrity?
The next thing is, I am a huge fan of Offset, I’m a huge fan of Quavo and I’m a huge fan of Takeoff and the whole Migos movement.
Korean idols push this kinship further by fan services, such as taking selfies using a fan’s camera or even going to the lengths of calling a fan’s mother at a concert,” the report said.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Marvel Comics fan, a DC Comics fan, a private comics fan or whatever, you must respect Stan “The Man” Lee for his contributions to comics.
If you live in the same general area as your favorite team — you’re a Warriors fan in San Jose, a Lakers fan in Anaheim, a Mavericks fan in Arlington — things get much more complicated.
I’m not a college football fan, an Ohio fan, or an Urban Meyer fan.
A fan mentions their love for one of Rodriguez’s films; Rodriguez talks in detail about about an aspect of making that film, and then the fan receives a signed poster from that film, often with an invitation to visit Troublemaker.
After becoming a fan favorite on Disney Channel from her show both the songs performed as Miley and Hannah became fan favorites.
A long-time fan of comics, he is an MCU fan at his core, but that does not change his admiration for the Batman franchise.
A Pokemon fan makes some adorable fan art showing what Snorlax and Teddiursa would look like if they were combined into one Pokemon.
A troubled fan stalks Mima, and the fan only exacerbates Mima's slipping grasp on reality.
Despite this, a fan named Megumi Saito suddenly appears at his house claiming to be a fan.
Eevee and its evolutions have stood out as fan favorite Pokemon for decades, and one fan imagines what a poison-type Eeveelution could look like.
God of War Fan Attempts to Make Kratos Out of Clay, Gets Hilarious ResultA God of War fan is still reeling in disbelief at how poorly their clay Kratos sculpture turned out, much to the fandom's amusement.
If you’re not a fan of Dark Rose, I’m not a fan of you.
I mind fan I wiz wee, fan it wis twice the size and built entirely oot o’ the 1970s’ maist kid-friendly material, concrete.
It is E60 per fan tomorrow and Monday as its triple headers then it will be E50 per fan until the finals on September 10 as it will then be double header fixtures.
Lead Director Rosemary Gibson said: “I’m a huge fan of Dickens, but also a fan of comedy, so this was a perfect combination for me and I couldn’t resist taking on this challenge.
Many thought the 26-year-old faked out a young fan after his prance to pay dirt, but Jones eventually explained he was protecting the football after a different fan tried to swipe it away from him.
One notable alteration was the transition from a single fan in our initial test units to a more advanced dual-fan setup in the final design.
Phrases with fan
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with fan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- fan of 48×
- the fan 29×
- fan and 10×
- fan is 9×
- fan who 9×
- of fan 9×
- huge fan 8×
- fan or 8×
- big fan 8×
- fan in 7×