On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Stassen. Discover how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Stassen in a sentence
Using Stassen
- In the example corpus, stassen often appears in combinations such as: stassen was, and stassen, stassen in.
Context around Stassen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stassen
- In this selection, "stassen" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, harold, dewey, primary, macarthur, stunned and believed stand out and add context to how "stassen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and glen stassen have proposed and candidates dewey stassen macarthur and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stassen" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stassen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dewey also agreed to debate Stassen in Oregon on national radio. (11 words)
Dale Allison and Glen Stassen have proposed a structure based on triads. (12 words)
Stassen defeated Dewey again in the Nebraska primary, thus making him the new frontrunner. (14 words)
Stassen believed that if he could defeat Taft in his home state, Taft would be forced to quit the race and most of Taft's delegates would support him instead of Dewey. (32 words)
None of the other major candidates—Dewey, Stassen, MacArthur and Ohio Governor John Bricker —spoke in Wisconsin; MacArthur and Stassen were on active duty and could not do so. (29 words)
However, Harold Stassen was the only Republican to publicly oppose Nixon's re-nomination for Vice-President, and Nixon remained highly popular among the Republican rank-and-file voters. (29 words)
Example sentences (14)
None of the other major candidates—Dewey, Stassen, MacArthur and Ohio Governor John Bricker —spoke in Wisconsin; MacArthur and Stassen were on active duty and could not do so.
Stassen stunned Dewey and MacArthur in the Wisconsin primary; Stassen's surprise victory virtually eliminated General MacArthur, whose supporters had made a major effort on his behalf.
Dale Allison and Glen Stassen have proposed a structure based on triads.
Dewey also agreed to debate Stassen in Oregon on national radio.
Eisenhower himself had been partial to giving the VP nod to Stassen, who had endorsed Eisenhower of his own accord and had generally similar political positions.
He took 14 delegates to four for Harold Stassen, while MacArthur won the three remaining delegates.
However, Harold Stassen was the only Republican to publicly oppose Nixon's re-nomination for Vice-President, and Nixon remained highly popular among the Republican rank-and-file voters.
In the spring of 1956, Eisenhower publicly announced that Nixon would again be his running mate, and Stassen was forced to second Nixon's nomination at the Republican Convention.
Most observers rated Dewey as the winner of the debate, and four days later Dewey defeated Stassen in Oregon.
Stassen and Warren only won their home states of Minnesota and California respectively, which effectively ended their chances of earning the nomination.
Stassen believed that if he could defeat Taft in his home state, Taft would be forced to quit the race and most of Taft's delegates would support him instead of Dewey.
Stassen defeated Dewey again in the Nebraska primary, thus making him the new frontrunner.
Stassen was widely regarded as the most liberal of the Republican candidates, yet during the primaries he was criticized for being vague on many issues.
Taft then called Stassen and urged him to withdraw from the race and endorse him as Dewey's main opponent.
Common combinations with stassen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stassen was 3×
- and stassen 2×
- stassen in 2×
- harold stassen 2×
- stassen and 2×