How do you use Instructed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Instructed in a sentence
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Instructed meaning
simple past and past participle of instruct
Using Instructed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of instruct
- In the example corpus, instructed often appears in combinations such as: instructed to, instructed the, been instructed.
Context around Instructed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Instructed
- In this selection, "instructed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, generally, kelly, rajesh and adele stand out and add context to how "instructed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1987 he instructed the bank and are generally instructed in their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "instructed" sits close to words such as admits, considerably and consisting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with instructed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Brew them in a tea, she instructed. (7 words)
Authorities have been instructed to stay vigilant and take necessary action in vulnerable areas. (14 words)
Amid the onset of the protest outside the S&W, Divine was instructed to avoid the windows. (17 words)
Carmen Ayala, Adele’s extraordinary 79-year-old caretaker, has instructed Adele to say “Hello, Rona, I love you” to my mother, a gesture that’s both sweet and awkward—Adele doesn’t know my mother by sight, much less by name. (42 words)
A week later, the SIO emailed the gold commander to say he had been instructed to “take no action in respect of data recovery from ITS1″ and “take no action in respect of the deletion of data from the ITS1 server”. (41 words)
At a recent meeting, party president J.P. Nadda and BJP organising secretary M. Rajesh instructed him not to criticise any BJP leader in public and not to make personal attacks against rivals like Congress leader Lakshmi Hebbalkar. (38 words)
But why did Pippa see her husband reaching out toward the distressed woman, something he had been instructed never to do, and why doesn’t his story quite add up? (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Recruits are generally instructed in their native language; however, the small number of Romansh -speaking recruits are instructed in German.
According to Ellison, SBF had instructed her to divert billions of dollars from FTX customer funds, which Alameda used for failed investments, to pay off its debt.
After Dallas was rushed to hospital, the defendants exchanged messages about how Kelly, instructed by control room ambulance staff, had given his son CPR when he stopped breathing while in his care at home.
A: He was instructed to obtain it because he intended to forward it to the leader in Syria, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Amid the onset of the protest outside the S&W, Divine was instructed to avoid the windows.
Anantapur RDO Madhusudan has been instructed to coordinate with the district officials of various departments and the police officials for the arrangements.
An Oamaru man who instructed his girlfriend to dig her own grave with a pitchfork is determined to get his life back after "falling down the rabbit hole of methamphetamine".
Apparently, the DJ — a last-minute replacement who had never worked a ball — was offended when instructed on what music to play and when.
As a prelude, early in 1987 he instructed the Bank of England in the foreign exchange market to keep the pound’s value close to that of the German currency.
As reported recently by the Sports Business Journal, groups bidding for the soccer club have been instructed to stop criticizing the Glazers in public efforts to secure the team.
As you know, stuff like that isn’t really Gordon’s forte although he will muck in and do the jobs he is instructed to do.
At a recent meeting, party president J.P. Nadda and BJP organising secretary M. Rajesh instructed him not to criticise any BJP leader in public and not to make personal attacks against rivals like Congress leader Lakshmi Hebbalkar.
Authorities have been instructed to stay vigilant and take necessary action in vulnerable areas.
A week later, the SIO emailed the gold commander to say he had been instructed to “take no action in respect of data recovery from ITS1″ and “take no action in respect of the deletion of data from the ITS1 server”.
Bartenders are said to have been instructed to put wine in glasses and resell it if customers left the wine in the bottle they bought.
Because the jurors were instructed not to talk about the case until it was time to deliberate, she said she didn’t know what the others were thinking.
Brew them in a tea, she instructed.
But why did Pippa see her husband reaching out toward the distressed woman, something he had been instructed never to do, and why doesn’t his story quite add up?
But you must continue the specific exercises your medical team provided and instructed for you to do.
Carmen Ayala, Adele’s extraordinary 79-year-old caretaker, has instructed Adele to say “Hello, Rona, I love you” to my mother, a gesture that’s both sweet and awkward—Adele doesn’t know my mother by sight, much less by name.
Common combinations with instructed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- instructed to 50×
- instructed the 34×
- been instructed 24×
- was instructed 18×
- instructed by 17×
- and instructed 15×
- were instructed 12×
- has instructed 10×
- as instructed 9×
- instructed her 8×