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Postpones is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Postpones in a sentence

Related words

Postpones | Postpone | Postponement

Postpones meaning

third-person singular simple present indicative of postpone

Using Postpones

  • The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of postpone
  • In the example corpus, postpones often appears in combinations such as: postpones the, postpones resumption.

Context around Postpones

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

delay 1× wilmington 1× bar 1× mlb 1× sinach 1× ten 1× nigeria 1× guests 1× assembly 1× china 1×

Often after:

resumption 2× annual 1× football 1× presidential 1×

Sentence patterns with Postpones

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

700 guests postpones the beginning 1× a plan postpones the limitations 1× announced it postpones any decision 1× big ten postpones football volleyball 1× count happily postpones the wedding 1× in china postpones it s 1× mccauley postpones the robbery 1× mlb postpones 2 games 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a common example 1× besides the delay 1× breaking national assembly 1× catholic charities of 1× enzo has another 1× imagine you have 1×

Common sentence endings:

a horrible day 1× an unknown time 1× batla house now 1× for 4 years 1× in attempt to 1× investigate the charge 1×

Words around Postpones

Just before it in the word index:

postponements 57 postponement 300 postponed 1.532 postpone 443 postpartum 123 postpandemic 4

Just after it in the word index:

postponing 157 postponment 2 postposition 2 postpositional 2 postpositions 5 postprandial 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaj 26 abn 26 aboriginals 26 absalom 26 absolutism 26 abstractly 26

Corpus analysis for Postpones

  • In this selection, "postpones" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, delay, wilmington, bar, resumption, annual and football stand out and add context to how "postpones" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 700 guests postpones the beginning and a plan postpones the limitations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "postpones" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with postpones

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Sinach postpones her South Pacific Tour. (6 words)

Obafemi Awolowo University OAU postpones resumption to Sunday, April. (9 words)

McCauley postpones the robbery, and Hanna lets the crew leave. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Service providers such as "The Kitchen Caters" need to show a lot of flexibility, for example when a wedding with more than 700 guests postpones the beginning of the dinner by half an hour because the best man’s speech takes a little longer than expected. (46 words)

A common example of such a system is a star held together by its own gravity, where n equals 1. Although the virial theorem depends on averaging the total kinetic and potential energies, the presentation here postpones the averaging to the last step. (43 words)

Enzo has another child, Piero (Giuseppe Festinese), the secret fruit of his relationship with Lina (of which Laura, though suspicious, is unaware), but postpones the boy’s confirmation rather than publicly bless, or burden, him with the name Ferrari. (39 words)

Exclamation examples

Made In China Postpones: It's A 3 Way Clash Between Saaho, Mission Mangal & Batla House Now! (17 words)

Example sentences (17)

Enzo has another child, Piero (Giuseppe Festinese), the secret fruit of his relationship with Lina (of which Laura, though suspicious, is unaware), but postpones the boy’s confirmation rather than publicly bless, or burden, him with the name Ferrari.

Besides, the delay postpones the benefits to be derived from public projects, and this is typical of the sea defence projects in the country, which should be addressed.

Catholic Charities of Diocese of Wilmington postpones annual dinner in attempt to.

Imagine you have completed four years of college, three years of law school, are preparing for the Bar exam and the State Bar postpones the Exam to an unknown time.

MLB Postpones 2 Games After Teams Are Hit by Coronavirus Both the Miami Marlins opener against the Baltimore Orioles and the Philadelphia Phillies' game against the Yankees were scheduled for Monday.

Sinach postpones her South Pacific Tour.

When the Big Ten postpones football, volleyball, field hockey and the like, it’s a horrible day.

Nigeria postpones presidential election for one week (Today) - Nigeria's electoral watchdog on Saturday postponed presidential and parliamentary elections for one week, just hours.

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Service providers such as "The Kitchen Caters" need to show a lot of flexibility, for example when a wedding with more than 700 guests postpones the beginning of the dinner by half an hour because the best man’s speech takes a little longer than expected.

Breaking: National Assembly postpones resumption, new date announced – The Eagle OnlineWelcome, Login to your account.

Made In China Postpones: It's A 3 Way Clash Between Saaho, Mission Mangal & Batla House Now!

Obafemi Awolowo University OAU postpones resumption to Sunday, April.

A common example of such a system is a star held together by its own gravity, where n equals 1. Although the virial theorem depends on averaging the total kinetic and potential energies, the presentation here postpones the averaging to the last step.

Both of the companies that share ownership of Borssele are proposing to build new reactors. citation citation In January 2012, Delta announced it postpones any decision to start building a second nuclear power plant.

It tries to limit the army sizes of the major powers, while Germany is entitled to 200,000; Germany leaves the conference because a plan postpones the limitations for 4 years.

McCauley postpones the robbery, and Hanna lets the crew leave.

The Count happily postpones the wedding in order to investigate the charge.

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Common combinations with postpones

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "postpones" in a sentence?
An example: "Enzo has another child, Piero (Giuseppe Festinese), the secret fruit of his relationship with Lina (of which Laura, though suspicious, is unaware), but postpones the boy’s confirmation rather than publicly bless, or burden, him with the name Ferrari." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "postpones" from authentic English texts.
What does "postpones" mean?
Postpones means: third-person singular simple present indicative of postpone
How many example sentences with "postpones" are there?
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