How do you use Seen in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Seen meaning
- past participle of see
- simple past of see; saw.
- Understood; comprehended.
Using Seen
- The main meaning on this page is: past participle of see | simple past of see; saw. | Understood; comprehended.
- In the example corpus, seen often appears in combinations such as: be seen, seen in, have seen.
Context around Seen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seen
- In this selection, "seen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, love, face, ever, either, once and closer stand out and add context to how "seen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 30 was seen ring less, agents and seen his stand, haven seen, ever seen and rarely seen. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seen" sits close to words such as case, women and never, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anna’s mom has seen Dannielynn, she’s seen her a few times. (13 words)
I mean, I've never seen one of those episodes all the way through—never seen one. (17 words)
City Hall tower and church steeples are seen at dawn in Lewiston, Maine is seen at dawn, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (21 words)
Granted, I haven’t watched many Eagles games, but have seen lots of Chargers games and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any coach go for it on 4th and 6 (way different than 4th and 1 or 2) when winning AND in FG range. (47 words)
Bizarrely, a large portrait of Putin was seen mounted in a corridor walked by Kim and Shoigu together, the Russian leader's face seen looming over the pair from a wall opposite a second portrait of the North Korean dictator. (40 words)
It is parental love, seen as creating goodness in the world; it is the way God is seen to love humanity, and it is seen as the kind of love that Christians aspire to have for one another. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Moreover as everywhere in the world death can be seen as shameful or not, can be seen at a release or not, can be seen as something which should involve other people or not and so on.
I'd seen seen the first one and enjoyed that back in England, I'd been to the movies and seen the second one.
It is parental love, seen as creating goodness in the world; it is the way God is seen to love humanity, and it is seen as the kind of love that Christians aspire to have for one another.
This cannot be seen, whereas the sin can indeed be seen; on the other hand, if the sin did not exist to be seen, it could not be forgiven either.
Thus they are seen as an intermediary between God and humanity. citation The Manifestations of God are not seen as incarnations of God, and are also not seen as ordinary mortals.
When seen from apparent above, one face tends to be seen closer; and in contrast, when seen from a subjective viewpoint that is below, a different face comes to the fore.
An assassination attempt made against the President of the United States is seen from multiple viewpoints as the same time periods before, during, and after the attack are replayed and seen from the perspectives of different characters.
Anna’s mom has seen Dannielynn, she’s seen her a few times.
Ariana, 30, was seen ring-less at Wimbledon over the weekend; she has not been seen wearing her ring for some time now.
Bizarrely, a large portrait of Putin was seen mounted in a corridor walked by Kim and Shoigu together, the Russian leader's face seen looming over the pair from a wall opposite a second portrait of the North Korean dictator.
Brand went live on the platform after his lucrative YouTube channel was demonetised in the wake of the scandal, which has seen him losing the backing of publishers, agents and seen his stand-up tour postponed.
But we haven't seen -- even with the drawdown in gas price, we haven't seen a whole lot of return on that.
City Hall tower and church steeples are seen at dawn in Lewiston, Maine is seen at dawn, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.
Detective Constable Ballantyne, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “We are urging any witnesses who may have seen either vehicle in the lead up to the collision or seen the collision itself, to please get in touch.
Granted, I haven’t watched many Eagles games, but have seen lots of Chargers games and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any coach go for it on 4th and 6 (way different than 4th and 1 or 2) when winning AND in FG range.
He also claimed that he had not seen either girl in at least five months and may not have seen his elder daughter in a year and a half.
He said, “I make films to be used, I don’t make them to be seen once on television or seen once in a theater and then that’s it….
He was heading along Braidwood Road and was seen a short time later at the junction with Cozieglen but has not been seen since.
I don't think we've seen a big rebound in our discretionary business, except we've seen it a little bit improved at times as we've gotten back into in-stock.
I mean, I've never seen one of those episodes all the way through—never seen one.
Phrases with seen
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with seen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- be seen 56×
- seen in 36×
- have seen 34×
- seen as 33×
- ve seen 32×
- seen the 26×
- is seen 25×
- was seen 25×
- has seen 23×
- seen it 19×