Below you will find example sentences with "american sign". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

American Sign in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: sign
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.3 words

Words in this phrase

american sign

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • american can mean: A citizen or national of the United States of America. Common word
  • sign can mean: A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a consequence american sign language today 1× adj exclamation american sign language really 1× also feature american sign language asl 1× american sign language american 1× and the american sign language interpreter 1× be an american sign language version 1× broadcast in american sign language to 1× by an american sign language interpreter 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

american sign language 1× as a consequence 1× at a commemoration 1× distinguished by their 1× finally hawai i 1× irish sign language 1×

Common sentence endings:

american sign language 3× 25 2023 attack 1× base verb sign 1× british sign language 1× definitely real talk 1× game day experience 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

language 27× asl 5× wasn 4× languages 3× deaf 3× used 3× audience 2× members 2× today 2× french 2× hearing 2× game 2×

Related phrases

american banking sign language american horror latin american american express american flag african american stop sign american history native american

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around sign:

sign language 20× sign languages 13×

Just before it in the phrase index:

american revolution american rapper american politics american plate american journalist american jewish

Just after it in the phrase index:

american studies americas securities amid fears amid growing amid recent amid reports

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

american banking american horror american express american flag american history american dream

Same ending:

stop sign

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "american sign" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a consequence american sign language today, adj exclamation american sign language really, language, asl and wasn stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with american banking, sign language, american horror, sign language and sign languages, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with american sign

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

There will also be an American Sign Language version available. (10 words)

The film will also stream on the platform in American Sign Language. (12 words)

True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Stokoe notation is no longer used by researchers to denote the phonemes of sign languages; his research, while still considered seminal, has been found to not describe American Sign Language and cannot be used interchangeably with other signed languages. (39 words)

At a commemoration event for the mass shooting in Lewiston on Thursday, Maine Resiliency Center Director Danielle Parent and the American Sign Language Interpreter read the names of the 18 people killed during the Oct. 25, 2023, attack. (38 words)

She was used to seeing deaf roles being portrayed by hearing characters — “which was such B.S.!” she said in a video call last month, aided by an American Sign Language interpreter, Ashley Change. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

American Sign Language American Sign Language (ASL) is similar to many other sign languages in that it has no grammatical tense but many verbal aspects produced by modifying the base verb sign.

Justin: I think immediately there were audience members who were tweeting that it wasn’t indigenous sign, it wasn’t South African sign, it wasn’t international, it wasn’t American Sign Language.

As a consequence American Sign Language today has a 60% similarity to modern French Sign Language and is almost unintelligible to users of British Sign Language.

Irish Sign Language (ISL) has some influence from the French family of sign language, which includes American Sign Language (ASL).

Regulators and turn-taking in American Sign Language discourse, in Lynn Friedman, On the other hand: New perspectives on American Sign Language.

Distinguished by their white gloves, Handband members sign American Sign Language to hard-of-hearing and deaf spectators so that all fans can have an enjoyable game-day experience.

Finally, Hawai'i Sign Language is spoken on the islands, but is dwindling in numbers due to American Sign Language supplanting HSL through schooling and various other domains.

Stokoe notation is no longer used by researchers to denote the phonemes of sign languages; his research, while still considered seminal, has been found to not describe American Sign Language and cannot be used interchangeably with other signed languages.

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People hold candles and signal “I love you” in American Sign Language at the end of a vigil on Wednesday evening at Winthrop High School for victims of the Lewiston mass shootings.

The film will also stream on the platform in American Sign Language.

There will also be an American Sign Language version available.

This is the motion for “more” in American Sign Language (ASL), he explained to his audience.

True biz (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk.

Universities throughout Nigeria tend to teach American Sign Language (ASL), Schmaling pointed out.

At a commemoration event for the mass shooting in Lewiston on Thursday, Maine Resiliency Center Director Danielle Parent and the American Sign Language Interpreter read the names of the 18 people killed during the Oct. 25, 2023, attack.

She was used to seeing deaf roles being portrayed by hearing characters — “which was such B.S.!” she said in a video call last month, aided by an American Sign Language interpreter, Ashley Change.

The NHL will become the first major sports league to provide a full game broadcast in American Sign Language to serve the Deaf community.

The Super Bowl pregame entertainment and Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show will also feature American Sign Language (ASL) performances.

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