Explore Shafter through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Shafter meaning
- A surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Kern County, California.
Using Shafter
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname. | A place in the United States: | A city in Kern County, California.
- In the example corpus, shafter often appears in combinations such as: shafter began, shafter was.
Context around Shafter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shafter
- In this selection, "shafter" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, samuel, ronald, cuba, began, texas and independence stand out and add context to how "shafter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1971 ronald shafter began operating and and valleys shafter s new. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shafter" sits close to words such as abhinandan, abhor and abscesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shafter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shafter, Texas was founded around 1885. (6 words)
Shafter himself was ill, and very weak. (7 words)
Shafter's offensive battle plans were both simplistic and extremely vague. (11 words)
A group of concerned officers of the American army chose Theodore Roosevelt to draft a request to Washington that it withdraw the Army, a request that paralleled a similar one from General Shafter, who described his force as an "army of convalescents". (42 words)
In January 1900, Shafter offered the following opinion on the war in the Philippines : "My plan would be to disarm the natives of the Philippine Islands, even if I have to kill half of them to do it. (38 words)
Originally, Shafter planned to lead his forces from the front, but he suffered greatly from the tropical heat and was confined to his headquarters far to the rear and out of sight of the fighting. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
The founder’s son, Samuel Shafter, later took over the business and then, in 1971, Ronald Shafter began operating the business and continued for about 40 years.
Shafter's headstone at San Francisco National Cemetery Postwar career and retirement With disease rampant in the American army in Cuba, Shafter and many of his officers favored a quick withdrawal from Cuba.
Shafter's Armando Loera competes in the 300 hurdles at Friday's Patriot Games at Liberty.
Shafter, Texas was founded around 1885.
Where and when the officials were when they discovered the error, and why they didn't return to the field was in question, prompting Shafter to file an appeal.
Samuel Paparo during the change of command of the U.S. Army Pacific ceremony at Fort Shafter.
The seat includes a wide swath that includes Shafter, Independence, Golden Valley and Arvin high schools.
Fueled by an eventful set of personal peaks and valleys, Shafter’s new set of songs simply had to be recorded for him to move on with his life.
Later, he would return to Shafter in 1962 as he began his long and successful career in the Richland School District.
The retail giant announced it will build a new high-tech distribution center in Shafter, Calif., the retailer’s first for handling fresh and frozen groceries.
A group of concerned officers of the American army chose Theodore Roosevelt to draft a request to Washington that it withdraw the Army, a request that paralleled a similar one from General Shafter, who described his force as an "army of convalescents".
Early life Shafter was born in Galesburg, Michigan on October 16, 1835.
Fortunately, by the time this message reached Washington, Shafter changed his mind, and instead renewed siege operations after demanding the Spanish surrender the city and garrison of Santiago.
In January 1900, Shafter offered the following opinion on the war in the Philippines : "My plan would be to disarm the natives of the Philippine Islands, even if I have to kill half of them to do it.
Originally, Shafter planned to lead his forces from the front, but he suffered greatly from the tropical heat and was confined to his headquarters far to the rear and out of sight of the fighting.
Shafter appeared to maintain a very loose control over the expedition to Cuba from the beginning, commencing with a very disorganized landing at Daiquiri on the southern coast of Cuba.
Shafter felt the Navy was doing little to relieve the pressure on his forces.
Shafter himself was ill, and very weak.
Shafter retired in 1901 and retired to a convert farm, next to his daughter's land citation in Bakersfield, California.
Shafter's offensive battle plans were both simplistic and extremely vague.
Common combinations with shafter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: