How do you use Limbered in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Limbered meaning
simple past and past participle of limber
Using Limbered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of limber
- In the example corpus, limbered often appears in combinations such as: limbered up, be limbered.
Context around Limbered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Limbered
- In this selection, "limbered" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, school and artillery stand out and add context to how "limbered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include must be limbered up again and high school limbered up during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "limbered" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with limbered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nicole Vickerman of Plano's Clark High School limbered up during a drill team clinic. (15 words)
To move position, the guns must be limbered up again and brought — usually towed — to the new location. (18 words)
To move position, the guns must be limbered up again and brought—usually towed—to the new location. (18 words)
Having previously whetted our whistles in another local establishment, in high spirits we limbered through the city centre down to the striking Bird & Bear building. (25 words)
That afternoon the Russian heavy artillery struck back--the German infantry fled in panic, their artillery limbered up and joined the stampede. (22 words)
To move position, the guns must be limbered up again and brought — usually towed — to the new location. (18 words)
Example sentences (5)
Having previously whetted our whistles in another local establishment, in high spirits we limbered through the city centre down to the striking Bird & Bear building.
Nicole Vickerman of Plano's Clark High School limbered up during a drill team clinic.
That afternoon the Russian heavy artillery struck back--the German infantry fled in panic, their artillery limbered up and joined the stampede.
To move position, the guns must be limbered up again and brought — usually towed — to the new location.
To move position, the guns must be limbered up again and brought—usually towed—to the new location.
Common combinations with limbered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- limbered up 4×
- be limbered 2×