Spade is an English word with synonyms like delve or dig. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spade in a sentence
Related words
Spade meaning
- A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
- A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
Synonyms of Spade
Using Spade
- The main meaning on this page is: A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials. | A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. | A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
- Useful related words include: playing card, delve, dig, negroid.
- In the example corpus, spade often appears in combinations such as: kate spade, spade spade, spade and.
Context around Spade
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spade
- In this selection, "spade" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, david, call, extra, card, won and amell stand out and add context to how "spade" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include spade a spade and call a spade a spade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spade" sits close to words such as accuser, adoptive and ahsoka, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spade
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You should have called a spade a spade. (8 words)
Kangana Ranaut is known for speaking her mind and called a spade a spade. (14 words)
Spade is survived by husband Andy, and 13-year-old daughter Frances Beatrix Spade. (14 words)
He tells her to leave, and coolly tells his young secretary, Effie Perine, with whom he has a more complicated relationship than either will acknowledge, to remove "Spade & Archer" from the office door and have it replaced with "Samuel Spade". (40 words)
General characteristics Racine restricts his vocabulary to 4000 words. citation He rules out all workaday expressions since, although the Greeks could call a spade a spade, he does not believe that this is possible in Latin or French. (38 words)
People like Jimmy O. Yang and W. Kamau Bell have publicly condemned him, while David Spade, Bill Burr, and Jim Jefferies defended him during a panel on Spade’s Comedy Central late-night series on Monday night. (37 words)
A sparkling Kapoor prodigy, a versatile actor who explored different genres till cancer grips him, a sharp tongue who used to call ‘spade’ a ‘spade’? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
A sparkling Kapoor prodigy, a versatile actor who explored different genres till cancer grips him, a sharp tongue who used to call ‘spade’ a ‘spade’?
I don’t know why there’s so much resistance to calling a spade a spade.
Kangana Ranaut is known for speaking her mind and called a spade a spade.
Playing ace, king and ruffing a spade won’t work as HJ can be used as an entry but only to set up, but not enjoy, the extra spade.
The attempts at ‘banter’ can grate, mind you, and he does have a propensity to over-complicate when calling a spade a spade might be more useful to the viewer.
The stalking is portrayed as romantic dedication, but let’s call a spade a spade.
Yes, we can play the usual games about them fighting for their lives, being tough to beat home, Yorkshire derby and so on, but let's call a spade a spade.
Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals — Jack Spade (Amell) and Ace Spade () — war over their late father's legacy.
If we do not call a spade a spade, there will a lot of deaths during the 2021 election especially the youth that are being sacrificed by wealthy Politicians.
People like Jimmy O. Yang and W. Kamau Bell have publicly condemned him, while David Spade, Bill Burr, and Jim Jefferies defended him during a panel on Spade’s Comedy Central late-night series on Monday night.
You should have called a spade a spade.
He added that even though Ghanaians may not agree with everything he proposes or says, he will rather call a spade a spade than lie.
Hollywood actor David Spade, has reacted to the suicide of his sister-in-law, Kate Spade.
Spade is survived by husband Andy, and 13-year-old daughter Frances Beatrix Spade.
The Kansas City, Missouri, native married Andy Spade, brother of actor David Spade, in 1994.
Cairo suddenly pulls a gun, declaring his intention to search Spade's office, but Spade knocks him unconscious.
For example, if the trump suit is spades and if a player is void and plays a spade card, he wins the trick if no other player plays a higher spade card.
General characteristics Racine restricts his vocabulary to 4000 words. citation He rules out all workaday expressions since, although the Greeks could call a spade a spade, he does not believe that this is possible in Latin or French.
He tells her to leave, and coolly tells his young secretary, Effie Perine, with whom he has a more complicated relationship than either will acknowledge, to remove "Spade & Archer" from the office door and have it replaced with "Samuel Spade".
Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in the 1941 film adaptation When they meet at Spade's apartment, Cairo says he is ready to pay for the figurine, but O'Shaughnessy says she does not have it.
Common combinations with spade
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: