Wondering how to use Fay in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fairy or faery.
Fay in a sentence
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Fay meaning
- To fit, to add.
- To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
- Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
Using Fay
- The main meaning on this page is: To fit, to add. | To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak. | Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
- Useful related words include: fairy, faery, faerie, sprite.
- In the example corpus, fay often appears in combinations such as: le fay, fay and, fay was.
Context around Fay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fay
- In this selection, "fay" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mother, added, missed, gleave, realm and jones stand out and add context to how "fay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ethel fay macdougall her and architect e fay jones was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fay" sits close to words such as abundantly, activates and adr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
RIP Fay, your footprint will be felt by many. (9 words)
Fay will be missed by many nieces, nephews and their families. (11 words)
Being always well loved and so much fun, you will be so missed Fay. (14 words)
In the latter series, it is revealed that she was a human girl who crossed over into the fay realm and was then adopted by the previous queen of the fay, and received her faerie powers from a circlet seized by her from that queen. (45 words)
Detective Constable Fay Goddard, 's investigating officer, said: "This man's offending has had a long-lasting impact on the victim and I hope the fact that he has now been dealt with by the courts gives her some sense of peace. (42 words)
As they look at the companies that they do business with, it’s clear they’ll be expecting more robust cybersecurity measures be put in place to meet the evolving threats of tomorrow,” added Fay. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kingscliff’s Fay Gleave, known as ‘Mother Fay’, was recognised recently when a footway that connects Viking Street with Gibson Street was named in her honour.
Fay’s lawyers contended that her constitutional rights were violated when employees of an outside entity were permitted to participate in and document the search of Fay’s 12,000 square foot mansion.
Fay’s family is grateful to Patty Bergh and Judy Belknap of Bergh’s Adult Foster Care in Central Point and Marshall Pellar for their loving care of Fay for the past 8 months.
In the latter series, it is revealed that she was a human girl who crossed over into the fay realm and was then adopted by the previous queen of the fay, and received her faerie powers from a circlet seized by her from that queen.
Architect E. Fay Jones was inspired by Sainte-Chapelle, the luminous 13th-century Paris cathedral.
As they look at the companies that they do business with, it’s clear they’ll be expecting more robust cybersecurity measures be put in place to meet the evolving threats of tomorrow,” added Fay.
Based on the Arthurian sorceress of the same name, Morgan le Fay is a powerful and malevolent sorceress in Marvel Comics.
Being always well loved and so much fun, you will be so missed Fay.
Brenda Fay McPeak Cox, age 73 of Dublin passed away Friday, January 20, 2023 at the New River Medical Center.
Christian Fay (now with Campbell River detachment) – saved a suicidal man from jumping off a bridge.
Detective Constable Fay Goddard, 's investigating officer, said: "This man's offending has had a long-lasting impact on the victim and I hope the fact that he has now been dealt with by the courts gives her some sense of peace.
Fay appeared in the dock facing multiple charges, including causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and criminal damage to property.
Fay hasn’t done that — the cost of being away from home for so long is simply too great — and her mom worries about the impact that has.
Fay Howard, who represented Liden, Eldene & Park South for 17 years before stepping down in 2021 will be standing in Mannington & Western for Labour.
Fay will be missed by many nieces, nephews and their families.
In retirement, Fay plans to write and speak about Homestretch, and return to his prior livelihood of illustrating children’s books.
In the anthology, the editor did not engage with Fay Cooper Cole’s assumptions on the usage of “wilds” and “tribes,” which both connote “fossilization” and a specific stage of evolution.
It is backed by an outspoken investor, Simon Holmes à Court, and Fay is its executive director.
Predeceased by her parents John and Mary Taylor, her grandparents Archibald and Ethel Fay MacDougall, her Aunt Marion Elizabeth (Betty) Fast and her Uncle Robert MacDougall.
RIP Fay, your footprint will be felt by many.
Common combinations with fay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- le fay 9×
- fay and 8×
- fay was 6×
- fay jones 6×
- fay is 6×
- and fay 6×
- of fay 4×
- fay said 4×
- fay wray 4×
- the fay 3×