Wondering how to use Shays in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Shays meaning
plural of shay
Using Shays
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shay
Context around Shays
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shays
- In this selection, "shays" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, daniel, christopher and rebellion stand out and add context to how "shays" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1787 with shays s rebellion and and christopher shays ct to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shays" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shays
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shays, however, did not want to secede. (7 words)
Shays also recalled that Morocco was the first country to recognize American independence in 1777. (15 words)
During Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts, Congress could provide no money to support an endangered constituent state. (16 words)
Madison believed this "excessive democracy" was the cause of a larger social decay which he and others (such as Washington) thought had resumed after the revolution and was nearing a tipping point— Shays' Rebellion was an example. (37 words)
Nationalists, led by Washington, Alexander Hamilton and other veterans, feared that the new nation was too fragile to withstand an international war, or even internal revolts such as the Shays's Rebellion of 1786 in Massachusetts. (36 words)
Chaos ruled the day in early 1787 with Shays's Rebellion in full force and the states refusing to settle land disputes or contribute to the now six-year-old federal government. (32 words)
Example sentences (10)
Bellesiles, p. 251 Allen was also approached by Daniel Shays in 1786 for support in what became the Shays's Rebellion in western Massachusetts.
He was unsupportive of the cause, in spite of Shays's offer to crown him "king of Massachusetts"; he felt that Shays was just trying to erase unpayable debts.
Shays also recalled that Morocco was the first country to recognize American independence in 1777.
Shays, however, did not want to secede.
Chaos ruled the day in early 1787 with Shays's Rebellion in full force and the states refusing to settle land disputes or contribute to the now six-year-old federal government.
During Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts, Congress could provide no money to support an endangered constituent state.
Madison believed this "excessive democracy" was the cause of a larger social decay which he and others (such as Washington) thought had resumed after the revolution and was nearing a tipping point— Shays' Rebellion was an example.
Nationalists, led by Washington, Alexander Hamilton and other veterans, feared that the new nation was too fragile to withstand an international war, or even internal revolts such as the Shays's Rebellion of 1786 in Massachusetts.
Shays' Rebellion is often cited as the event that forced the issue; Wood argues that many at the time saw it as only the most extreme example of democratic excess.
The Responsible Education About Life Act was introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg ( NJ ) and Representatives Barbara Lee (D- CA ) and Christopher Shays ( CT ) to support age-appropriate sexual education.