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Shims is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shims in a sentence

Related words

Shims | Shim | Shimer | Shimshon

Shims meaning

plural of shim

Using Shims

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of shim

Context around Shims

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Shims

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

to for shims even so 1× used as shims to level 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and don t 1× small offcuts are 1×

Common sentence endings:

level floor joists 1× of the doorknob 1×

Words around Shims

Just before it in the word index:

shimron 25 shimpei 2 shimp 3 shimoshima 2 shimony 2 shimonoseki 5

Just after it in the word index:

shimshon 5 shimu 2 shimukappu 2 shimunov 4 shimura 16 shimza 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Shims

  • In this selection, "shims" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include to for shims even so and used as shims to level. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shims" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shims

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Small offcuts are used as shims to level floor joists. (10 words)

And don't get me started on his apparently feverish need to for shims, even so much as to use them in door jambs/ strike plates/ whatever you call the little hole cut in the frame for the tongue of the doorknob. (42 words)

Longer example sentences

And don't get me started on his apparently feverish need to for shims, even so much as to use them in door jambs/ strike plates/ whatever you call the little hole cut in the frame for the tongue of the doorknob. (42 words)

Small offcuts are used as shims to level floor joists. (10 words)

Example sentences (2)

And don't get me started on his apparently feverish need to for shims, even so much as to use them in door jambs/ strike plates/ whatever you call the little hole cut in the frame for the tongue of the doorknob.

Small offcuts are used as shims to level floor joists.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shims" in a sentence?
An example: "And don't get me started on his apparently feverish need to for shims, even so much as to use them in door jambs/ strike plates/ whatever you call the little hole cut in the frame for the tongue of the doorknob." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "shims" from authentic English texts.
What does "shims" mean?
Shims means: plural of shim
How many example sentences with "shims" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "shims", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.