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

Less Stable in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: stable
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.6 words

Words in this phrase

less stable

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • less can mean: comparative degree of little Common word
  • stable can mean: A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

protons are less stable than helium 2× a far less stable position than 1× a little less stable in that 1× being much less stable as it 1× diamond being less stable than graphite 1× form is less stable than the 1× had becoming less stable and said 1× is considered less stable and has 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

free neutrons and 2× after nitration tnt 1× almost all christian 1× as a crystal 1× as the traditional 1× but a sizeable 1×

Common sentence endings:

form helium 4 2× and atomic mass 1× by the minute 1× flat stable surfaces 1× in recent decades 1× is for diamond 1×

Context words

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

form 4× neutrons 4× protons 4× helium 4× tnt 3× easily 2× diamond 2× rate 2× selenoketones 2× aqueous 2× solution 2× raise 2×

Related phrases

stable condition less attractive less expensive stable isotopes less frequent less money less likely slightly less spend less becomes less

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around stable:

stable isotopes 12×

Just before it in the phrase index:

less money less likely less frequent less expensive less emphasis less efficient

Just after it in the phrase index:

less successful lessons learned let alone let loose letter dated level crossing

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

less attractive less expensive less frequent less money less likely less successful

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "less stable" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as protons are less stable than helium, a far less stable position than, form, neutrons and protons stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with stable condition, less attractive, less expensive and stable isotopes, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with less stable

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

Short example sentences

Especially with the world growing less stable by the minute. (10 words)

Would this decision make his marriage more or less stable? (10 words)

Selenoketones are less stable than thioketones and telluroketones are less stable than selenoketones. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The anonymous tipster said they feared Homoki was planning something because he had becoming less stable and said, “almost guarantee if he … is confronted while at home, he will open fire on Federal Agents or police,” according to the search warrant. (41 words)

We're just at a time when the market is less stable like it is now or the retailers in the market are being more wary of price increases, we are going to be the least aggressive to raise prices. (40 words)

Consistent with diamond being less stable than graphite, the cubic form is less stable than the hexagonal form, but the conversion rate between the two is negligible at room temperature, as it is for diamond. (35 words)

Question examples

Would this decision make his marriage more or less stable? (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

As a crystal grows, new atoms attach easily to the rougher and less stable parts of the surface, but less easily to the flat, stable surfaces.

Consistent with diamond being less stable than graphite, the cubic form is less stable than the hexagonal form, but the conversion rate between the two is negligible at room temperature, as it is for diamond.

Selenoketones are less stable than thioketones and telluroketones are less stable than selenoketones.

Hence, Ag + is the stable species in aqueous solution and solids, with Ag 2+ being much less stable as it oxidizes water.

Lead tetrafluoride, a yellow crystalline powder, is stable, but less stable than the difluoride.

But a sizeable portion - enough to raise sea-levels by around 5m (16ft) - is held in West Antarctica, which is considered less stable and has been losing mass in recent decades.

Indeed, the HBO show’s second season is in a far less stable position than its predecessor.

As the traditional 9 to 5 looks increasingly less stable, more people are making the leap and starting their own businesses.

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As you have experienced, variable-rate mortgages are a little less stable, in that the interest rates change regularly.

The anonymous tipster said they feared Homoki was planning something because he had becoming less stable and said, “almost guarantee if he … is confronted while at home, he will open fire on Federal Agents or police,” according to the search warrant.

We're just at a time when the market is less stable like it is now or the retailers in the market are being more wary of price increases, we are going to be the least aggressive to raise prices.

Especially with the world growing less stable by the minute.

Would this decision make his marriage more or less stable?

According to their analyses, complex food webs should be less stable than simple food webs.

After nitration, TNT is stabilized by a process called sulfitation, where the crude TNT is treated with aqueous sodium sulfite solution to remove less stable isomers of TNT and other undesired reaction products.

Almost all Christian groups show a decrease in the number of members or less stable membership.

As very many less stable byproducts are possible, these reactions must be carefully thermally controlled, and the byproducts removed to isolate the desired product.

Ditellurium dihalides tend to get less stable as the halides become lower in atomic number and atomic mass.

Free neutrons and protons are less stable than helium nuclei, and the protons and neutrons had a strong energetic reason to form helium-4.

Free neutrons and protons are less stable than helium nuclei, and the protons and neutrons have a strong tendency to form helium-4.

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