Pennant is an English word with synonyms like flag or streamer. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pennant meaning
- A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
- The broad pennant flown by commodores.
Pennant vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Pennant
- The main meaning on this page is: A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition. | The broad pennant flown by commodores. | A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
- Useful related words include: flag, streamer, pennon, signal flag.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vaan.
- In the example corpus, pennant often appears in combinations such as: the pennant, pennant race, league pennant.
Context around Pennant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pennant
- In this selection, "pennant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, league, west, off, hills, numbers and race stand out and add context to how "pennant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 state pennant finals to and arsenal signed pennant from notts. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pennant" sits close to words such as adorn, adp and affirms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pennant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bullish Pennant pattern breakout hints at further upside. (8 words)
Baltimore's most recent pennant and World Series title were in 1983. (12 words)
US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of The Pennant Group by 19.5% during the first quarter. (19 words)
When the Cubs went on a 10-3 run in early April, culminating with a three-game sweep of the A’s in Oakland, you might have thought they clinched the pennant, at least if you were listening to Marquee Sports Network analyst Rick Sutcliffe. (45 words)
He was not meant to know where the children and their mother, Olga, were living, and stalked Jennifer home from Pennant Hills train station, before shooting the two teenagers as they cowered underneath Jack’s desk at their home in West Pennant Hills. (43 words)
I had never given pheasant shooting any thought until 20 years ago when I volunteered at Pennant Melangell on a weekly basis and had to plough my way through thousands of pheasants on some days to get there. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
He was not meant to know where the children and their mother, Olga, were living, and stalked Jennifer home from Pennant Hills train station, before shooting the two teenagers as they cowered underneath Jack’s desk at their home in West Pennant Hills.
The 27ft paying off pennant will be walked from the Sea Front to the bottom steps where Kedell will once again present the pennant to Captain Williams.
Pennant numbers remain divided between F-series numbers for those ships internationally recognised as frigates and D-series pennant numbers for those more traditionally recognised as destroyers.
Baltimore's most recent pennant and World Series title were in 1983.
Baseball pennant races are winding down with the post-season on tap, the CFL season is ‘officially’ under way seeing how Labor Day has passed while the NFL is just getting cranked up.
Bega secured its ticket to the Grade 4 State Pennant Finals to be held in Tamworth, after outclassing Tomakin and Shoalhaven Heads at the Zone Playoffs in Milton Ulladulla.
Chisholm Links passed their litmus test in style when they upset the Otago Bombers at Balmacewen on Saturday to regain the lead in the Metropolitan Senior A pennant series.
I had never given pheasant shooting any thought until 20 years ago when I volunteered at Pennant Melangell on a weekly basis and had to plough my way through thousands of pheasants on some days to get there.
Just a few weeks away from the All-Star break and the Mets, who were expected to compete for a National League pennant and World Series title, sit at an abysmal 35-43.
Moradian had spent $1million in cash on Versace furniture and homewares for his marital home at Pennant Hills, which was likened to an Italian palazzo at his trial.
Since the first leases were inked at “The Pennant” in 2022, the apartments in the amenity-rich complex have enjoyed high occupancy, currently at 95%.
The BayStars’ interleague win at Yokohama Stadium kept them tied atop the interleague standings and 3½-games behind the league-leading Hanshin Tigers in the CL pennant race.
The Mets traded for Blevins at the start of their 2015 pennant-winning campaign, but only received five innings from the southpaw.
The Orioles dispute an official suspension took place, but in spite of the semantics at hand, Brown has been off television since July 26th with the franchise in the middle of a pennant race.
The star catcher and the Phillies will begin their National League pennant defense Thursday when they visit the Texas Rangers for an Opening Day matchup.
US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of The Pennant Group by 19.5% during the first quarter.
When the Cubs went on a 10-3 run in early April, culminating with a three-game sweep of the A’s in Oakland, you might have thought they clinched the pennant, at least if you were listening to Marquee Sports Network analyst Rick Sutcliffe.
Allianz Asset Management GmbH bought a new position in The Pennant Group, Inc. () during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Arsenal signed Pennant from Notts County in 1999 but he only made 26 appearances over a six-year spell before he was sold to Birmingham City.
Bullish Pennant pattern breakout hints at further upside.
Common combinations with pennant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pennant 31×
- pennant race 13×
- league pennant 11×
- pennant in 7×
- nl pennant 6×
- pennant and 5×
- first pennant 5×
- pennant by 5×
- pennant numbers 4×
- of pennant 4×