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Sufficed is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sufficed in a sentence

Related words

Sufficed | Suffices | Sufficing

Sufficed meaning

simple past and past participle of suffice

Using Sufficed

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of suffice
  • In the example corpus, sufficed often appears in combinations such as: sufficed to, have sufficed, sufficed for.

Context around Sufficed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

agreements 1× revenue 1× gathering 1× horses 1× explanation 1× electors 1×

Often after:

previously 1×

Sentence patterns with Sufficed

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and gathering sufficed to provide 1× declaration have sufficed to achieve 1× evms had sufficed for the 1× his revenue sufficed for the 1× it s sufficed to say 1× it sufficed for him 1× may have sufficed to allow 1× might ve sufficed had buteau 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a third of 1× although not armour 1× before agriculture hunting 1× but a question 1× despite writing to 1× either of those 1×

Common sentence endings:

achieve our freedom 1× battered by cannon 1× for the show 1× for their prudence 1× frequent israeli refrain 1× had sufficed previously 1×

Words around Sufficed

Just before it in the word index:

suffice 270 suffets 3 suffet 3 suffers 726 sufferring 2 suffern 5

Just after it in the word index:

suffices 51 sufficiency 196 sufficient 2.708 sufficiently 820 sufficing 2 suffield 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaditya 23 aardman 23 abbo 23 aberg 23 aboitiz 23 abovementioned 23

Corpus analysis for Sufficed

  • In this selection, "sufficed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, agreements, revenue, gathering and previously stand out and add context to how "sufficed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and gathering sufficed to provide and declaration have sufficed to achieve. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sufficed" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sufficed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Before agriculture, hunting and gathering sufficed to provide food. (9 words)

Just a simple “From” or “Inspired By” would have sufficed. (10 words)

Would the simple act of declaration have sufficed to achieve our freedom? (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite writing to the ECI, I have never received a satisfactory answer as to how this occurred,” Mr. Shetti said, pointing out that in Germany, as in several western countries, public doubts over EVMs had sufficed for the courts to prohibit their use. (43 words)

It’s a pretty dusty starting-over setup, but one that might’ve sufficed had Buteau and her co-creator, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, subsequently arrived at a clearer vision for the show. (32 words)

Still, the news may have sufficed to allow some fence-sitters to tip back into Mr. Netanyahu’s camp, rationalizing it by saying that all politicians are crooked — a frequent Israeli refrain. (32 words)

Question examples

Would the simple act of declaration have sufficed to achieve our freedom? (12 words)

Example sentences (18)

But a question arose as to why the clerk wanted two employees to have check-signing authority when one had sufficed previously.

Field told me that she had got permission for the Utqiagvik field test from the local city government and the Native corporation, and thought those agreements sufficed.

It’s a pretty dusty starting-over setup, but one that might’ve sufficed had Buteau and her co-creator, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, subsequently arrived at a clearer vision for the show.

In the past, legislative guidance and precedent combined with goodwill and professionalism on both sides has sufficed.

Just a simple “From” or “Inspired By” would have sufficed.

So, it’s sufficed to say, we are an expert in this matter when it comes to being slaves, or being on the plantation, under the prison-industrial complex.

Still, the news may have sufficed to allow some fence-sitters to tip back into Mr. Netanyahu’s camp, rationalizing it by saying that all politicians are crooked — a frequent Israeli refrain.

Despite writing to the ECI, I have never received a satisfactory answer as to how this occurred,” Mr. Shetti said, pointing out that in Germany, as in several western countries, public doubts over EVMs had sufficed for the courts to prohibit their use.

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Either of those two runs would have sufficed to better the 7.41 by Shanne Thomas in February 2016 at the WSA Open.

Would the simple act of declaration have sufficed to achieve our freedom?

Although not armour piercing, the bullet more than sufficed for the time.

A third of his revenue sufficed for the ordinary expenses of government, a third was hoarded, and a third was spent on buildings.

Before agriculture, hunting and gathering sufficed to provide food.

It sufficed for him to admit that they are metaphysically distinct: to be a human is to be a composite of soul and body, and the soul is superior to the body.

Note how the tram's efficiency surprises the European visitor; how two "remarkably small" horses sufficed to draw the "huge" tramcar.

To the credit of the times of George Wishart —a glimpse of pre- reforming enlightenment—the explanation sufficed; the young women escaped with their lives, and were even applauded for their prudence.

Under the Golden Bull, a majority of electors sufficed to elect a king, and each elector could cast only one vote.

While this sufficed for new castles, pre-existing structures had to find a way to cope with being battered by cannon.

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Common combinations with sufficed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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Sufficed means: simple past and past participle of suffice
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