How do you use Haystack in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hayrick or rick, plus the exact meaning.
Haystack meaning
- A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.
- A standing wave in a rapid.
- The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
Using Haystack
- The main meaning on this page is: A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay. | A standing wave in a rapid. | The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)
- Useful related words include: hayrick, rick, stack.
- In the example corpus, haystack often appears in combinations such as: in haystack, the haystack, haystack of.
Context around Haystack
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Haystack
- In this selection, "haystack" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, historic, valley, entire, mountain, monument and prayer stand out and add context to how "haystack" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a haystack and 2016 about haystack mountain. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "haystack" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with haystack
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s from April of 2016, about Haystack Mountain. (9 words)
They were incredulous: ‘Carol is a needle in a haystack,’ they said. (12 words)
He ran crews building and selling condos at Bolton Valley, Haystack, and Stratton ski resorts. (15 words)
Claiming for pothole damage to vehicles in Gloucestershire is “like finding a needle in a haystack” as it was revealed the state of the roads was the subject of hundreds of freedom of information requests last year. (37 words)
The reason random sampling does not work in picking up a relatively rare yes/no positive/negative phenomena such as the presence of coronavirus is that it is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack. (37 words)
Yet five years later, the NYU review determined that the Russian “disinformation” campaign was a mere needle buried amid a haystack of election messaging from both Republicans and Democrats, not to mention the legacy media. (35 words)
Travelling “as fast as a horse can gallop” and carrying all before it, on the crest of the tidal wave, driven by the hurricane force winds, was an entire haystack! (30 words)
For $6 per person, you can enjoy a hayride, haystack, scarecrow dressing, farm animals and more! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Haystack Monument near Mission Park on the Williams Campus commemorates the historic " Haystack Prayer Meeting ".
Claiming for pothole damage to vehicles in Gloucestershire is “like finding a needle in a haystack” as it was revealed the state of the roads was the subject of hundreds of freedom of information requests last year.
Haystack changes the patient enrollment paradigm by using AI and NLP to unlock critical eligibility insights from patient records, and automatically match patients to trials.
He ran crews building and selling condos at Bolton Valley, Haystack, and Stratton ski resorts.
While not even the most jubilant tweets wholly avoided criticisms, not every single reaction was fueled by disappointment, and some bright spots could be found in the haystack.
Yet five years later, the NYU review determined that the Russian “disinformation” campaign was a mere needle buried amid a haystack of election messaging from both Republicans and Democrats, not to mention the legacy media.
However, a cynical 36% from the bunch grilled by OnePoll.com reckon stumbling across someone who ticks all the right boxes is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
It forms a pyramid or haystack of light which can shimmer almost as bright as the Milky Way galaxy at times from a dark sky site with no moon to interfere.
It’s from April of 2016, about Haystack Mountain.
Jennie Young, a college professor, developed a method of using apps akin to burning down a haystack so that only the needle remains, according to the piece’s writer, Maggie Jones.
Think of it as going from searching for a needle in a haystack to a crystal-clear pool.
Travelling “as fast as a horse can gallop” and carrying all before it, on the crest of the tidal wave, driven by the hurricane force winds, was an entire haystack!
Finding the evidence for this ancient galaxy buried within the Milky Way was “like finding needles in a haystack,” added Horta.
For instance,offers a different scene to someone who sees it in the morning from someone who sees it at dusk — an ode to Monet’s haystack series, among others.
The Bates Dance Festival and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts are among the entities that won't schedule summer programming this year.
The haystack, such as it is, has become something altogether transformed – a dark and ominous mass, which appears to be almost smoldering deep within.
The majority of market experts are forecasting more modest gains for equities in 2020 and as for bonds, seeking yield will be akin to finding a needle in the proverbial haystack.
The reason random sampling does not work in picking up a relatively rare yes/no positive/negative phenomena such as the presence of coronavirus is that it is like looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
They were incredulous: ‘Carol is a needle in a haystack,’ they said.
For $6 per person, you can enjoy a hayride, haystack, scarecrow dressing, farm animals and more!
Common combinations with haystack
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in haystack 7×
- the haystack 6×
- haystack of 3×
- and haystack 3×
- or haystack 2×
- haystack mountain 2×
- of haystack 2×
- was haystack 2×