Explore Functioned through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Functioned in a sentence
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Functioned meaning
simple past and past participle of function
Using Functioned
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of function
- In the example corpus, functioned often appears in combinations such as: functioned as, functioned in, and functioned.
Context around Functioned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Functioned
- In this selection, "functioned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, courts, space, servers and perfectly stand out and add context to how "functioned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 50 years functioned as a and a functioned its office. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "functioned" sits close to words such as abiy, afghans and asa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with functioned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A functioned its office on that floor. (7 words)
He also questioned if the court functioned only against the enemies of the West and African leaders. (17 words)
The Permanent Secretary has functioned as a public servant for many years and proceeded on pre-retirement leave last month. (20 words)
The Wallaby lineout, one horror show excluded, has functioned at 88.4% (top five, ahead of South Africa and England), but steered away from the middle (only 23.2% of throws went to the heart of the lineout; only Tonga and Uruguay were lower). (44 words)
Although Jane would come to be known as a collective in later years, Arcana says the group never described itself or functioned that way: There was a clear leadership structure, as she saw it, with Jody and Ruth at the top. (41 words)
The school, which for 50 years functioned as a high school, was rebuilt and reopened last fall as a school for students in grades 6 through 12, so middle-schoolers now share the library with high-schoolers. (37 words)
A home in Baird, Texas is up for sale for a bargain, but the only problem is it's haunted, no really; it functioned as a haunted house! (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
While the HC functioned through e-filing, uploading of scanned documents for parties, judges and through video conferencing, subordinate courts functioned with limited staff.
A home in Baird, Texas is up for sale for a bargain, but the only problem is it's haunted, no really; it functioned as a haunted house!
Although Jane would come to be known as a collective in later years, Arcana says the group never described itself or functioned that way: There was a clear leadership structure, as she saw it, with Jody and Ruth at the top.
In addition to paying close attention to how the space functioned, another goal was to give the station’s news team a pleasant work environment.
Our Preview servers functioned as a sort of general 'Early Access' in this respect, and the community feedback was invaluable for not just finding bugs, but giving us important 'feel' and balance feedback.
Pierre had been borne in a French containment camp (which in practice functioned as a prison,) where his parents were held after fleeing Spain’s civil war fought between 1936 and 1939 between Republicans and Nationalists.
Pre-op, my genitals weren’t expected for a man, but they functioned and looked as one would expect a vulva to.
Since its founding, Batman Incorporated has functioned as a unique ensemble in the DC mythos, offering a globe-spanning take on Gotham City's Dark Knight.
The Permanent Secretary has functioned as a public servant for many years and proceeded on pre-retirement leave last month.
The school, which for 50 years functioned as a high school, was rebuilt and reopened last fall as a school for students in grades 6 through 12, so middle-schoolers now share the library with high-schoolers.
The Wallaby lineout, one horror show excluded, has functioned at 88.4% (top five, ahead of South Africa and England), but steered away from the middle (only 23.2% of throws went to the heart of the lineout; only Tonga and Uruguay were lower).
They believed EncroChat to be safe to use until the authorities in France intercepted millions of calls providing details of how the groups functioned and how their hierarchy operated.
This would be a return to how the House had traditionally functioned, and although it will cause some delay it will be better for the American people, and even for Democratic opposition members.
While Janelle, Christine, and Meri may want nothing to do with Kody, they share children and close ties with each other through the many years they functioned as a polygamous family unit.
A functioned its office on that floor.
Although it had a passenger platform, it mainly functioned as a goods depot as the location of Upwey Junction on an embankment made access difficult.
Congress MLA Amrutji Thakor sought to know how long the fake office mentioned by Dindor had functioned in Chhota Udepur before it was detected.
Despite the ideological differences at play, the coalition functioned well in its early years, partly due to Iceland’s strong economic position, which allowed for investment in public infrastructure.
He also questioned if the court functioned only against the enemies of the West and African leaders.
I have heard a few complaints about its control wheel being a bit jumpy, but my sample functioned perfectly on my Mac Mini M2 Pro.
Common combinations with functioned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- functioned as 86×
- functioned in 16×
- and functioned 13×
- has functioned 10×
- it functioned 9×
- they functioned 9×
- have functioned 9×
- functioned well 8×
- that functioned 8×
- functioned and 7×