Get to know Sten better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Sten in a sentence
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Sten meaning
Alternative letter-case form of Sten
Using Sten
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative letter-case form of Sten
- In the example corpus, sten often appears in combinations such as: and sten, sten sture, sten guns.
Context around Sten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sten
- In this selection, "sten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recruit, style, leader, sture, guns and machine stand out and add context to how "sten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1518 where sten sture s and 4 million sten guns were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sten" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The crude and cheap Sten was a favourite. (8 words)
Early in July we received our first Sten machine gun. (10 words)
He and Sten team up to deal with the deadly virus. (11 words)
The 31-year-old victim was shot twice in the head with what police believe was a Skorpion sub-machine gun, while he himself was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Second World War-style STEN machine gun, which he never fired. (43 words)
James Clarke found acres of space on the edge of the Rovers box, and in a neat move found new Bohs recruit Sten Reinkort to fire past McGinty, the goalkeeper making his second Rovers debut. (35 words)
Sten’s culture and his world view was a puzzle that players had to figure out over the course of the game, especially if they wanted to keep the wayward warrior in their good books. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Following the battle of Brännkyrka in 1518, where Sten Sture's troops beat the Danish forces, it was decided that Sten Sture and King Christian would meet in Österhaninge for negotiations.
James Clarke found acres of space on the edge of the Rovers box, and in a neat move found new Bohs recruit Sten Reinkort to fire past McGinty, the goalkeeper making his second Rovers debut.
The 31-year-old victim was shot twice in the head with what police believe was a Skorpion sub-machine gun, while he himself was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a Second World War-style STEN machine gun, which he never fired.
By contrast millions of Sten Guns were produced, which is why that firearm is remembered (for good and bad), while the Lanchester is largely forgotten.
He and Sten team up to deal with the deadly virus.
Sten’s culture and his world view was a puzzle that players had to figure out over the course of the game, especially if they wanted to keep the wayward warrior in their good books.
Some of these could be due to user error, as a Sten would fire if the bolt closed on a live round if the buttstock is tapped.
A reason for this gentle treatment was King Christian's hope to convince the six men to switch sides, and turn against their leader Sten Sture.
At her request to Liewer, Szabo was armed with a Sten gun and 8 magazines of ammunition.
Britain weighed in with Bren and Sten guns, and airlifted 150 tons of arms to India.
BSA were willing to manufacture the gun in the quantities required starting April 1943 but the cheaper and less accurate Sten Mk IV was adopted for production by the Ministry of Supply.
Early in July we received our first Sten machine gun.
In 1471, Sten Sture the Elder defeated Christian I of Denmark at the Battle of Brunkeberg only to lose the city to Hans of Denmark in 1497.
In a dream sequence, Isak is asked by Sten Alman, now the examiner, to read “foreign” letters on the blackboard.
In R.J. Minney's biography, as above, she is described as putting up fierce resistance with her Sten gun, although German documents of the incident record no German injuries or casualties.
Jean Meynaud, Panagiotes Merlopoulos, Gerasimos Notaras, Oi politikes dunameis sten Ellada, 2002 edition In 2016, Lonely Planet voted the Peloponnese the top spot of their Best in Europe list.
Once there, he persuaded session musicians Gunnar Bergsten and Sten Bergman to flesh out the recordings.
Over 4 million STEN Guns were made during World War II.
Shortly thereafter, the much simpler, cheaper and faster to make STEN submachine gun was developed.
The crude and cheap Sten was a favourite.
Common combinations with sten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: