Scuttled is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Scuttled meaning
simple past and past participle of scuttle
Using Scuttled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of scuttle
- In the example corpus, scuttled often appears in combinations such as: was scuttled, scuttled the, scuttled by.
Context around Scuttled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scuttled
- In this selection, "scuttled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, got, richard, commander, last, bills and despite stand out and add context to how "scuttled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and then scuttled what many and apparently got scuttled by the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scuttled" sits close to words such as acuity, ademola and albans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scuttled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Often staff scuttled forwards to finish the job for baffled customers. (11 words)
Richard scuttled around to the front and looked at the smoking shape. (12 words)
It marked the second time this year Trump scuttled the foreign aid package. (13 words)
Mount Pleasant floated and then scuttled what many viewed as an unvetted and fast-tracked tourism-funding plan that would have raised the sales tax on many purchases by one penny for every $1 spent in the town. (38 words)
From there, the two were slated to have an appearance to throw out the first pitch at Citi Field before the Mets faced the Pirates, but it apparently got scuttled by the Mets at the eleventh hour. (37 words)
The grounding comes following a widely reported and salvage effort off of Honolua Bay in recent weeks, in which the vessel was scuttled in 800 feet of water after being freed from the rocky shoreline. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said the organization has since fixed all of the problems that scuttled last year's parade and this year's event will take place on Sunday as scheduled, barring any uncontrollable situations.
His ship was then scuttled as his captors returned to Japan and has never been found, she said.
Meanwhile, cities and counties across the state are feeling especially desperate as years of scuttled bills and not enough funding have delayed projects and allowed infrastructure to fall into disrepair.
On Wednesday, the discussion got scuttled despite the Opposition indicating a willingness to participate as neither Union Home Minister Amit Shah nor Minister of State for Home Affairs was present in the House.
Richard scuttled around to the front and looked at the smoking shape.
The grounding comes following a widely reported and salvage effort off of Honolua Bay in recent weeks, in which the vessel was scuttled in 800 feet of water after being freed from the rocky shoreline.
The infiltration bid was scuttled in the Balakot sector and a massive search operation is still underway, a Jammu-based defence spokesman said.
When the vessel was damaged in one of the first major naval battles of World War II, its commander scuttled the ship in the Plata River shortly after stopping at Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital.
A crew spent days assessing remains of the ship, which was scuttled after arriving on the Gulf Coast more than 160 years ago.
Buehler tried to come back late last season, scuttled those plans, then was unable to join the Opening Day roster.
But Democrat leaders have consistently scuttled all efforts by the RFKjr campaign to get secret service protection.
From there, the two were slated to have an appearance to throw out the first pitch at Citi Field before the Mets faced the Pirates, but it apparently got scuttled by the Mets at the eleventh hour.
Ishwar and Johnson two years ago scuttled a deal with new-to-town investor Minal Shankar, who has experience in tax credit financing and project development.
It marked the second time this year Trump scuttled the foreign aid package.
It was scuttled in 800 feet of water on March 5, 2023, after it was freed from the rocky shoreline near Honolua where it had been grounded for nearly two weeks.
Meanwhile, plans to relocate the motorcycle dealership to a new building near the Allstate Arena are scuttled, officials said Monday.
Mount Pleasant floated and then scuttled what many viewed as an unvetted and fast-tracked tourism-funding plan that would have raised the sales tax on many purchases by one penny for every $1 spent in the town.
Nov 15, 2024 (Bloomberg) –The tuna fishing fleet at the center of a $2 billion corruption scandal, which scuttled economy and triggered court cases across three continents, is up for auction.
Often staff scuttled forwards to finish the job for baffled customers.
Rescuers reached them, but bad weather scuttled two attempts to evacuate the woman, whose condition was worsening, by helicopter.
Common combinations with scuttled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was scuttled 16×
- scuttled the 10×
- scuttled by 9×
- scuttled after 6×
- be scuttled 6×
- scuttled in 5×
- and scuttled 5×
- were scuttled 4×
- had scuttled 4×
- been scuttled 3×