Get to know Shunted better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Shunted meaning
simple past and past participle of shunt
Using Shunted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of shunt
- In the example corpus, shunted often appears in combinations such as: shunted into, shunted to, was shunted.
Context around Shunted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shunted
- In this selection, "shunted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, permanently, daily, university, aside, off and eldest stand out and add context to how "shunted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include can be shunted back to and a president shunted into power. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shunted" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shunted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Many had been shunted by internists to psychiatrists. (8 words)
It was shunted into the car it had stopped to help. (11 words)
Stemming car traffic around the lake has shunted cars into surrounding neighborhoods, in effect just moving the problem. (18 words)
Often, they have to clash with the powers-that-be — and sometimes have to see their good work of years be dumped down the drain — as they are shunted out so that some more pliable successor can take over and unravel all that they’ve done. (46 words)
We’re shunted from our little festive cocoons where all is calm, all is bright, and mince pies are a perfectly acceptable breakfast food, to a more businesslike world where the sudden absence of twinkly lights makes everything feel that bit gloomier. (42 words)
The great exhale after pushing out Biden – a president shunted into power by a elite that knew, all too well, how compromised he was, cognitively and otherwise – has given way not to reassessment but to re-enactment. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Under different conditions, deoxygenated blood can be shunted back to the body or oxygenated blood can be shunted back to the lungs.
At this point, most tag teams look like they would just become bodies in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which may be shunted off to again.
In the end, the three Roy siblings, having permanently shunted eldest son Connor to the side, destroyed one another.
One might recall that the first season of "Picard" ended with the title character dying, and his consciousness being shunted into an android golem.
Since Bhopal is just 90 odd km from Itarsi, he continued to stay in in Itarsi only and daily shunted between Itarsi and Bhopal.
The state space corporation Roscosmos said it had lost contact with the craft at 1157 GMT on Saturday after a problem as the craft was shunted into pre-landing orbit.
He shunted aside snobbery, gaining success through daytime TV and his “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” series of home videos and DVDs.
However, on May 7, Ashoka University shunted down the petition stating “the institution does not involve in political stands”.
In both cases, i.e., the creation of district law and the chiefdom law, the legislative process was shunted, and the requirements for public input were jettisoned.
The great exhale after pushing out Biden – a president shunted into power by a elite that knew, all too well, how compromised he was, cognitively and otherwise – has given way not to reassessment but to re-enactment.
Water flowing down trail will be shunted to the side and into the woods; so, water will be “barred” from gouging out gullies in the trail center.
Often, they have to clash with the powers-that-be — and sometimes have to see their good work of years be dumped down the drain — as they are shunted out so that some more pliable successor can take over and unravel all that they’ve done.
Simply speak the magic words “I’m going to leave” and you’re instantly shunted onto a different script – one where operators are often able to offer you a cheaper price.
Stemming car traffic around the lake has shunted cars into surrounding neighborhoods, in effect just moving the problem.
That’s how, helped by a pliant attorney general, he shunted aside Robert Mueller’s evidence of obstruction of justice and conclusion that Trump welcomed Russia’s illegal assistance in 2016.
It was shunted into the car it had stopped to help.
Many had been shunted by internists to psychiatrists.
Rafael Nadal continued his domination on clay as he shunted away the challenge posed by Dominic Theim to clinch his record 12th Roland Garros title.
That left poor shunted to the side this week, as ’s revolting take on the New York City mayor-turned Trump lackey made a memorable appearance in a cut “Giuliani & Associates” sketch.
We’re shunted from our little festive cocoons where all is calm, all is bright, and mince pies are a perfectly acceptable breakfast food, to a more businesslike world where the sudden absence of twinkly lights makes everything feel that bit gloomier.
Common combinations with shunted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shunted into 6×
- shunted to 6×
- was shunted 5×
- be shunted 4×
- shunted back 3×
- he shunted 3×
- shunted off 2×
- being shunted 2×
- shunted aside 2×
- are shunted 2×