Wondering how to use Spanner in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as wrench.
Spanner meaning
- A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.
- Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.
Synonyms of Spanner
Spanner vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Spanner
- The main meaning on this page is: A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. | A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts. | Any of certain types of such a tool that have a pin or hook to engage the driven object.
- Useful related words include: wrench, hand tool.
- Possible Dutch translations are: steeksleutel, sleutel.
- In the example corpus, spanner often appears in combinations such as: spanner in, put spanner, thrown spanner.
Context around Spanner
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spanner
- In this selection, "spanner" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adjustable, wheel, lesley, thrown, budding and gorseinon stand out and add context to how "spanner" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include put a spanner in the and thrown a spanner in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spanner" sits close to words such as abating, abstaining and accumulator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spanner
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sadly, Putin’s war on Ukraine has thrown a spanner in the works. (13 words)
Adjustable spanner Budding is also credited with the invention of the screw adjustable spanner. (14 words)
Do you think the rainy season will put a spanner in the works for Putin? (15 words)
The PHC extension in stay order may be a spanner in the works for the ruling coalition as the court has stayed the oath-taking of additional seats allotted to the ruling coalition parties which actually was a share of PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council members. (45 words)
There and then, he told the boy to get him 10 spanner, I was shocked to see this 2 years old boy fiddle through the tool box and brought out number 10 spanner for the dad. (36 words)
Industry placement adviser Rosie, 24, and rugby player Kenan Brand, 24, were the latest bombshells to enter the villa, and Rosie’s arrival put a spanner in the works for Casey O’Gorman and Claudia. (35 words)
Do you think the rainy season will put a spanner in the works for Putin? (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
There and then, he told the boy to get him 10 spanner, I was shocked to see this 2 years old boy fiddle through the tool box and brought out number 10 spanner for the dad.
Adjustable spanner Budding is also credited with the invention of the screw adjustable spanner.
But the careless criminal left a knife and spanner he used to force his way into the property and on one of them was found his fingerprints which linked him to the offence.
Do you think the rainy season will put a spanner in the works for Putin?
He said the Welsh Government’s proposal to cut rates relief from 75% to 40% next year was another “spanner thrown in the works” for businesses.
However, it seems Harry’s recent rendezvous with Em Rata may have thrown a spanner in the works.
Industry placement adviser Rosie, 24, and rugby player Kenan Brand, 24, were the latest bombshells to enter the villa, and Rosie’s arrival put a spanner in the works for Casey O’Gorman and Claudia.
Klopp is keen to get his business done early and is hopeful finishing fifth will not put a spanner in the works of their planning.
Once a loyal cog in the SNP machine, Ewing has become something of a spanner in the works of the Scottish Government of late.
Paramedics Sarah Raddenbury (Gorseinon), Tamsin Turner (Pembroke Dock), Callum McNamara (Holyhead), Aimee Griffiths (Dobshill), Amanda Binks (Aberystwyth) and Lesley Spanner (Gorseinon) were picked to attend.
Sadly, Putin’s war on Ukraine has thrown a spanner in the works.
With majority of users opting out of being tracked by apps, it has thrown a spanner in third-party advertising platforms’ ability to deliver targeted ads and offer meaningful attribution data to ad buyers.
A small bag containing burglary tools, including two screwdrivers, a wheel spanner, scissors, three spanners, and a face mask, was discovered at the scene.
But further initiatives have faced strong headwinds, with the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine effectively throwing a spanner in the works amid an unprecedented energy crisis and galloping inflation.
He allegedly hit Lakshmamma with the wheel spanner and killed her after learning that her husband had gone out for a walk.
He said the spanner was taken by another member of the group and disposed of in a bin on the other side of the interchange.
Rib-eye steak, spanner crab arepa and butter lettuce salad with cucumber and shallots, are on the menu at Morena.
The PHC extension in stay order may be a spanner in the works for the ruling coalition as the court has stayed the oath-taking of additional seats allotted to the ruling coalition parties which actually was a share of PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council members.
There's definitely been a bit of a spanner thrown into the works but Jase is just very confident with the way he is going at the moment," Hart said.
This is to dodge the "blue light" from screens which can put a spanner in the works for your melatonin levels crucial for controlling sleep-wake cycles.
Common combinations with spanner
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: