How do you use Harpoon in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like spear or gig, plus the exact meaning.
Harpoon meaning
- A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
- A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
- A harmonica.
Using Harpoon
- The main meaning on this page is: A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish. | A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper. | A harmonica.
- Useful related words include: spear, gig, fizgig, fishgig.
- In the example corpus, harpoon often appears in combinations such as: the harpoon, harpoon and, harpoon therapeutics.
Context around Harpoon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harpoon
- In this selection, "harpoon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kid, boeing, 100, therapeutics, block and coastal stand out and add context to how "harpoon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 400 boeing harpoon block ii and a giant harpoon that could. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harpoon" sits close to words such as abating, abductors and abstaining, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harpoon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Man can she take a harpoon. (6 words)
Following news of the deal with Merck comes heavy trading for Harpoon Therapeutics shares. (14 words)
Even SAG Delta joined the fight, as the destroyer hit the vessel with a third Harpoon. (16 words)
At the hands of a new producer, Kid Harpoon, the band appear to have a revival ahead of them, with radio-ready singles Mustang and Nothing To Do, which you’ll want to shout along to in the car with the windows down. (43 words)
Long-range torpedoes could be part of the answer, but long-range missiles such as the Harpoon and the Maritime Strike Tomahawk, which has a range of about 1,000 miles, could provide the necessary stand-off capability the U.S. Navy requires. (43 words)
According to Zacks, “Harpoon Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a novel class of T cell engagers which harness the power of the body’s immune system to treat patients suffering from cancer and other diseases. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
In addition to the 400 Boeing Harpoon Block II missiles, the recent deal also includes 100 Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems and exercise missiles, radar trucks, and test equipment, along with U.S. technical assistance.
Ahab goes to Perth, the blacksmith, with bag of racehorse shoenail stubs to be forged into the shank of a special harpoon, and with his razors for Perth to melt and fashion into a harpoon barb.
Also known as the toggle-head spear, it was about the same size as the simple harpoon and used to hunt the same animals, however, this harpoon provided a more efficient and lethal weapon.
Instead of fighting it while on a vessel, gamers can use the Abyssal Harpoon to capture it and tow it to shore.
The panicked youngsters called the rescue team, who found Chayathorn breathing heavily as he lay on the ground with the harpoon jutting out of his head.
Among that is why shares of Harpoon Therapeutics) stock are up, the biggest pre-market stock movers this morning and more.
An Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a man in Kasilof who allegedly charged them carrying a harpoon early Monday.
At the hands of a new producer, Kid Harpoon, the band appear to have a revival ahead of them, with radio-ready singles Mustang and Nothing To Do, which you’ll want to shout along to in the car with the windows down.
Following news of the deal with Merck comes heavy trading for Harpoon Therapeutics shares.
The prize, which began in 2022, has previously been won by Suffolk singer Ed Sheeran and British record producer Kid Harpoon, who worked with Harry Styles on the album Harry's House.
There are movie versions of Moby Dick that illustrate the perils of trying to harpoon large whales from small, open boats.
U.S. pundits as well as the Pentagon have repeatedly pushed Taiwan to buy and field more Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
Long-range torpedoes could be part of the answer, but long-range missiles such as the Harpoon and the Maritime Strike Tomahawk, which has a range of about 1,000 miles, could provide the necessary stand-off capability the U.S. Navy requires.
USS Coronado launches a Harpoon Block 1C missile for the first time during exercise Rim of the Pacific.
According to Zacks, “Harpoon Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a novel class of T cell engagers which harness the power of the body’s immune system to treat patients suffering from cancer and other diseases.
A giant harpoon that could help to end the scourge of space junk has been successfully tested for the first time.
As well as a medal, each player on the team that claims the championship receives a gold harpoon point, an honor granted by Greenland’s sports association.
Even SAG Delta joined the fight, as the destroyer hit the vessel with a third Harpoon.
Man can she take a harpoon.
Now, as demand for “functional” beer swells and companies like Sufferfest, Dogfish Head, and Harpoon lead in product development, the fact that other breweries are following seems less like copying than joining a united front.
Common combinations with harpoon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the harpoon 8×
- harpoon and 3×
- harpoon therapeutics 3×
- for harpoon 3×
- harpoon block 2×
- this harpoon 2×
- harpoon anti-ship 2×
- of harpoon 2×
- kid harpoon 2×
- harpoon that 2×