Wondering how to use Stumps in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Stumps meaning
plural of stump
Using Stumps
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of stump
- In the example corpus, stumps often appears in combinations such as: the stumps, at stumps, his stumps.
Context around Stumps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stumps
- In this selection, "stumps" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tree, devour, palm, rattled, cartwheeling and went stand out and add context to how "stumps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include hit the stumps and 26 at stumps went onto. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stumps" sits close to words such as anglers, asbestos and bali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stumps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alex Carey underarmed it and hit the stumps. (8 words)
Atharva swings at the 4th ball and it has just missed the stumps. (13 words)
Australia then started their second innings in aggressive fashion, racing to stumps at 1-61. (15 words)
The remains of palm stumps in different places indicate that humans caused the trees to fall because in large areas, the stumps were cut efficiently. citation The clearance of the palms to make the settlements led to their extinction almost 350 years ago. (43 words)
From high-scoring thrillers, stumps cartwheeling to fielders showing off their immense abilities, the Indian Premier League is known for it’s extravaganza over the years and the ongoing 2023 season has also produced some memorable and top moments, so far. (41 words)
At stumps, with England's 393 for eight their second-fastest day in Ashes history, Australian seamer Josh Hazlewood said his team had done well to limit them to five an over, and not leak seven or eight. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
That wicket has been an indication of the day he had bowled on the stumps the ball pitched and went through to hit the stumps.
These were planted around tree stumps because I have seen them devour stumps over a few seasons.
The remains of palm stumps in different places indicate that humans caused the trees to fall because in large areas, the stumps were cut efficiently. citation The clearance of the palms to make the settlements led to their extinction almost 350 years ago.
A back of a length delivery on the stumps is pulled for a second straight boundary.
Alex Carey underarmed it and hit the stumps.
Anderson didn’t spend too long at the crease after he was dismissed for one run to a swing delivery from Qumar Torrington; having his leg stumps rattled out of the surface.
As Mohammad Rizwan runs behind the stumps to save himself, Babar Azam chases the player with bat in hand, giving rise to a hilarious scene.
Atharva swings at the 4th ball and it has just missed the stumps.
At stumps, with England's 393 for eight their second-fastest day in Ashes history, Australian seamer Josh Hazlewood said his team had done well to limit them to five an over, and not leak seven or eight.
Australia came out in the second innings scoring at a brisk pace of 5 runs an over to extend their lead to 62 runs at stumps.
Australia then started their second innings in aggressive fashion, racing to stumps at 1-61.
Born in Wagga Wagga and raised in Wollongong, he was best known for his work behind the stumps but also had a batting average of 18.01.
Cleverly, he slipped in a straighter one, with the angle, dangling some width outside off, and Malan fell for it, inside-edging the cut onto his stumps.
Donnell shared a 63-run stand with a patient Max Marinic, and was building another with Wilson, before he was caught behind by a brilliant catch to the Magpies wicketkeeper, who was standing-up to the stumps.
Firstly, he survived an appeal for caught behind when DRS showed no evidence of an edge, and then the next delivery rattled his stumps but was called a no-ball.
From high-scoring thrillers, stumps cartwheeling to fielders showing off their immense abilities, the Indian Premier League is known for it’s extravaganza over the years and the ongoing 2023 season has also produced some memorable and top moments, so far.
Guyanese Matthew Nandu who was 26 at stumps, went onto make 36 while Justin Greaves ended on 25 not out.
Handscomb got an unplayable delivery from Jadeja, but Cummins' shot was a wild, Twenty20-like swing to a ball that smashed into his stumps.
Having decided to up stumps, Colin is now putting the property on the market for £1.75 million.
He tired to cut Angelo Mathews dragged the ball onto the stumps and walked back.
Common combinations with stumps
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the stumps 92×
- at stumps 25×
- his stumps 20×
- stumps on 17×
- stumps and 16×
- to stumps 9×
- tree stumps 7×
- stumps with 6×
- by stumps 6×
- stumps in 5×