Javelin is an English word with synonyms like spear or lance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Javelin meaning
- A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
- A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
- A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).
Javelin vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Javelin
- The main meaning on this page is: A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon. | A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event. | A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).
- Useful related words include: field event, spear, lance, shaft.
- Possible Dutch translations are: speer.
- In the example corpus, javelin often appears in combinations such as: the javelin, javelin and, javelin thrower.
Context around Javelin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Javelin
- In this selection, "javelin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, send, 500, indian, throw, anti and thrower stand out and add context to how "javelin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include throw a javelin between convert and 30th in javelin and 42nd. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "javelin" sits close to words such as abstain, acrylic and adc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with javelin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Javelin throw - Champion Olympique. (4 words)
Neeraj Chopra, the world-record holder in javelin throw, issued a statement in support. (14 words)
Over 1,400 Stinger anti-aircraft systems; more than 6,500 Javelin anti-armor systems. (15 words)
U.S. inspectors have “24/7 access, they can come at 2 in the morning and see where every Javelin is,” Ustinova said, and noted one story in which a soldier had been killed by Russian shelling while attempting to prevent a Javelin from being left behind. (47 words)
Must also provide psychological support as part of the healing and recovery process!” tweeted Bindra, one of only two Indians apart from Javelin Throw star Neeraj Chopra to win an individual Olympics gold medal. (34 words)
Its other club athletes in attendance included Kenneth Davis, who was 30th in javelin and 42nd in the triple jump, Sarai Templeman, a finalist in three events, and Silver Creek sprinter Austin Masch. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Athletes would hold the javelin by the thong and when the javelin was released this thong unwound giving the javelin a spiraled flight.
U.S. inspectors have “24/7 access, they can come at 2 in the morning and see where every Javelin is,” Ustinova said, and noted one story in which a soldier had been killed by Russian shelling while attempting to prevent a Javelin from being left behind.
As the javelin turns into the wind less lift is generated reducing the flight distance by around 10% but also causing the javelin to stick in the ground more consistently.
In international competition, men throw a javelin between convert in length and convert in weight, and women throw a javelin between convert in length and convert in weight.
Another creation of Engineer Ram Tah, this Ship-Launched Fighter is again a speed-reliant craft similar to both the Trident and the Javelin.
Haruka Kitaguchi of Japan won the women's javelin world title in dramatic fashion on Friday, producing the decisive effort with her final throw.
In fact, Joe Biden, as Barack Obama’s vice president from 2008 to 2016, had implored his boss to send Javelin anti-tank missiles and other ‘lethal aid’ to Ukraine.
In Javelin F64, Brazil set another Parapan American record with a throw of 60.79 meters.
Its other club athletes in attendance included Kenneth Davis, who was 30th in javelin and 42nd in the triple jump, Sarai Templeman, a finalist in three events, and Silver Creek sprinter Austin Masch.
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Javelin throw - Champion Olympique.
Johnson only had words of praise, awestruck that a javelin thrower, whose focus is on strength, could have the flexibility and movement of a sprinter and jumper combined.
Kasapoglu said that the pitch, which was used for javelin competitions during the Ottoman period, as had an important position among the Turkish Cypriot people for years.
Must also provide psychological support as part of the healing and recovery process!” tweeted Bindra, one of only two Indians apart from Javelin Throw star Neeraj Chopra to win an individual Olympics gold medal.
Neeraj Chopra, the world-record holder in javelin throw, issued a statement in support.
Over 1,400 Stinger anti-aircraft systems; more than 6,500 Javelin anti-armor systems.
She began competing in the shot put and javelin events for Freedom’s track and field team.
She won silver with a new personal best in the 100m hurdles, came fourth in the javelin, eighth in the long jump and fifth in the 400m hurdles with a personal best time.
Sophomore Megan Barry won the javelin title at the West Virginia Last Chance Meet in Morgantown, W.Va., with a throw of 33.96 meters.
The 25-year old Chopra, who recently became the first Indian Javelin thrower to become World Number 1, had followed a similar training plan in the year 2022 as well.
Common combinations with javelin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the javelin 37×
- javelin and 13×
- javelin thrower 13×
- javelin throw 12×
- in javelin 10×
- and javelin 8×
- javelin is 4×
- javelin anti-tank 3×
- for javelin 3×
- javelin throwers 3×