How do you use Mainstay in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pillar or support, plus the exact meaning.
Mainstay meaning
- A chief support.
- Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution.
- A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.
Synonyms of Mainstay
Using Mainstay
- The main meaning on this page is: A chief support. | Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution. | A stabilising rope from high on the mainmast to the base of the foremast.
- Useful related words include: pillar, support, lynchpin, linchpin.
- In the example corpus, mainstay often appears in combinations such as: mainstay of, mainstay in, the mainstay.
Context around Mainstay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mainstay
- In this selection, "mainstay" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, series, camp, company, appearing, jesse and franchise stand out and add context to how "mainstay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a radio mainstay at 2sm and a series mainstay appearing as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mainstay" sits close to words such as backstory, biking and catalan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mainstay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He has been a mainstay this season and throughout his career. (11 words)
In its strategy, the mainstay real estate deals make up the body. (12 words)
In Italy, capicola is a mainstay in sandwiches, pasta dishes, and antipasto platters. (13 words)
From the world-famous soundtrack to the beloved, endlessly quotable characters, and right through to the incredible set pieces that adorn our favorite songs, has been a mainstay of our viewing habits for 45 years. (35 words)
Guest Artistic Director is Lisa Webber, a mainstay in the cultural arts scene, founder of the Arnprior Community Choir, Two Rivers Musical Productions, and a ladies group, with a very active voice studio in Arnprior. (35 words)
Ever since the release of the original game in 1996, has been a mainstay franchise for the mega-developer, setting trends in the survival horror genre and consistently reinventing itself to good results. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Already, public sentiment has soured on the court’s legitimacy in the aftermath of the ruling and the cascade of ethics issues that have become a mainstay in the news.
At this point, they are a series mainstay, appearing as a major, alien foe since the first game.
Buck’s Rock has been an artsy camp mainstay for decades and was in danger of going out of business during the pandemic.
Collins was also a mainstay of the series, having portrayed Castiel staring with Season 4 in 2008.
Company mainstay Jesse Scales proves irresistible leading the troupe through a series of witty transformations: from marionettes to animal hybrids to malfunctioning androids.
Ever since the release of the original game in 1996, has been a mainstay franchise for the mega-developer, setting trends in the survival horror genre and consistently reinventing itself to good results.
Flashes are a mainstay of the Justice League, but Bart Allen, aka Impulse, has yet to continue in his grandfather and cousin’s footsteps.
For more than seven decades, the Catholic Church, especially Holy Family in Orange, has been a mainstay in Leo Castro’s life.
From the world-famous soundtrack to the beloved, endlessly quotable characters, and right through to the incredible set pieces that adorn our favorite songs, has been a mainstay of our viewing habits for 45 years.
German, the mainstay of the department in my time and long before it, is to be axed completely.
Guest Artistic Director is Lisa Webber, a mainstay in the cultural arts scene, founder of the Arnprior Community Choir, Two Rivers Musical Productions, and a ladies group, with a very active voice studio in Arnprior.
Harkaway Primary School principal Leigh Johnson said the crossing had been a mainstay for the school and broader Harkaway community since 1876.
He became a radio mainstay at 2SM, where his show with Mike Gibson, Gibson and Moore, became must-listen radio.
He has been a mainstay this season and throughout his career.
He was an avid reader and a mainstay in the pool at Sun City Center.
Hough’s new tenure at “Dancing With the Stars” comes as continues to grow the program, which was a mainstay on ABC from 2005 to 2021.
IAF also depends on Russia for spares for its Su-30MKI and MiG-29 fighter jets, the mainstay of the service branch.
In fact, his phrase had been poached from another American television mainstay, The Simpsons.
In Italy, capicola is a mainstay in sandwiches, pasta dishes, and antipasto platters.
In its strategy, the mainstay real estate deals make up the body.
Common combinations with mainstay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mainstay of 57×
- mainstay in 32×
- the mainstay 31×
- been mainstay 28×
- become mainstay 11×
- mainstay for 11×
- mainstay on 10×
- was mainstay 9×
- is mainstay 8×
- mainstay at 7×