Explore Slewed through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slewed meaning
simple past and past participle of slew
Using Slewed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of slew
Context around Slewed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slewed
- In this selection, "slewed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 33.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, car, soyuz, automatically and off stand out and add context to how "slewed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and automatically slewed to observe and his car slewed off the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slewed" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slewed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After carrying out additional tests, the Soyuz slewed about its long axis before briefly lining up on the Poisk module docking port. (22 words)
McCray 2008 Gehrels 2004 Swift is equipped with a very sensitive gamma ray detector as well as on-board X-ray and optical telescopes, which can be rapidly and automatically slewed to observe afterglow emission following a burst. (38 words)
Although keeping within the 60mph speed limit, Sherriff, who had passed his driving test on June 26 last year, did not brake or steer as his car slewed off the carriageway and became airborne before crashing into an electricity sub-station. (41 words)
Although keeping within the 60mph speed limit, Sherriff, who had passed his driving test on June 26 last year, did not brake or steer as his car slewed off the carriageway and became airborne before crashing into an electricity sub-station. (41 words)
McCray 2008 Gehrels 2004 Swift is equipped with a very sensitive gamma ray detector as well as on-board X-ray and optical telescopes, which can be rapidly and automatically slewed to observe afterglow emission following a burst. (38 words)
After carrying out additional tests, the Soyuz slewed about its long axis before briefly lining up on the Poisk module docking port. (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
Although keeping within the 60mph speed limit, Sherriff, who had passed his driving test on June 26 last year, did not brake or steer as his car slewed off the carriageway and became airborne before crashing into an electricity sub-station.
After carrying out additional tests, the Soyuz slewed about its long axis before briefly lining up on the Poisk module docking port.
McCray 2008 Gehrels 2004 Swift is equipped with a very sensitive gamma ray detector as well as on-board X-ray and optical telescopes, which can be rapidly and automatically slewed to observe afterglow emission following a burst.