How do you use Rafters in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Rafters meaning
plural of rafter
Using Rafters
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of rafter
- In the example corpus, rafters often appears in combinations such as: the rafters, rafters of, rafters and.
Context around Rafters
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rafters
- In this selection, "rafters" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, garden, hangar, center, got, down and affair stand out and add context to how "rafters" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and install rafters and trusses and bell centre rafters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rafters" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rafters
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But the body is in Hangar Rafters by the Loading Gantry. (11 words)
His number was raised to the rafters as part of the ceremony. (12 words)
River guide Christian Wright of Moab leads his rafters down the Dolores River north of Cortez in June 2019. (19 words)
I think I’ve always been able to be friends with anyone, but as I’ve gotten older — the ones who invade my heart and get a jersey in the rafters, like my true favorites, are the outliers, the naysayers and the radicals. (43 words)
And though it wasn't the packed-to-the-rafters affair that it normally is, due to the event being rescheduled and subsequently coinciding with the Gunnedah show, it was impossible to tell from the cheering and loud crowd support. (40 words)
Roy was the main attraction entering the night, with fans sporting his jerseys and holding signs during warm-ups that read "Bon Retour 33," a shout-out to his No. 33 that hangs in the Bell Centre rafters. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Banners hanging from the rafters of the former Montreal Forum marking the 24 Stanley Cup victories of the Canadiens, in Montreal Feb. 22, 1996.
But the body is in Hangar Rafters by the Loading Gantry.
Fast forward to the following year and Rivers stood alongside Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett with confetti falling from the TD Garden rafters after a Finals win over the Lakers.
His number was raised to the rafters as part of the ceremony.
Rafters got a ride out to his friend's rural property where a party was being held to celebrate the end of the friend's probation period.
River guide Christian Wright of Moab leads his rafters down the Dolores River north of Cortez in June 2019.
The Magpies have had no problems filling to the rafters and the club's recent success has made getting tickets for games, both home and away, like buying a golden ticket.
They lost a sure-fire Hall of Famer in Patrice Bergeron, a guy who should probably have his number in the Garden rafters in David Krejci and a very useful fourth line pivot in Tomas Nosek.
According to Deadline, which first reported the news, the crew member was a rigger who fell from the rafters and was killed.
And now her retired number hangs from the Target Center rafters where Smith guards the basket and Brunson coaches from the sidelines.
And though it wasn't the packed-to-the-rafters affair that it normally is, due to the event being rescheduled and subsequently coinciding with the Gunnedah show, it was impossible to tell from the cheering and loud crowd support.
For hours, he and a small group of others clung to the windowsills and perched in the rafters of the building as the waves lapped around their necks.
I think I’ve always been able to be friends with anyone, but as I’ve gotten older — the ones who invade my heart and get a jersey in the rafters, like my true favorites, are the outliers, the naysayers and the radicals.
It wasn’t until 1996 it became the Thirsty Pig, although you’ll still find a host of old musical instruments hanging from the rafters upstairs.
Roy was the main attraction entering the night, with fans sporting his jerseys and holding signs during warm-ups that read "Bon Retour 33," a shout-out to his No. 33 that hangs in the Bell Centre rafters.
The next step involves adding the roof structure, where you’ll need to consider the roof pitch and install rafters and trusses.
This time, however, they would be the ones running up and down the famed parquet floor of TD Garden, beneath the 17 championship banners hanging from the rafters, and the ceiling adorned with the retired numbers of legends.
Two wins down and two left to go for the Celtics until the TD Garden rafters need to make room.
After Riddle got into an argument with a boy in the orphanage, the boy's rabbit turned up hanging from the rafters.
A spotlight would also be focused on Bryant’s two retired jerseys, eight and twenty-four, hanging from the rafters throughout the show.
Common combinations with rafters
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the rafters 51×
- rafters of 8×
- rafters and 7×
- rafters as 5×
- garden rafters 3×
- rafters in 3×
- rafters after 2×
- rafters on 2×
- to rafters 2×
- rafters are 2×