How do you use Tapers in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Tapers meaning
plural of taper; thin candles used for lighting other candles.
Using Tapers
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of taper; thin candles used for lighting other candles.
- In the example corpus, tapers often appears in combinations such as: tapers off, rain tapers, that tapers.
Context around Tapers
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tapers
- In this selection, "tapers" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rain, gradually, slightly, off, down and applying stand out and add context to how "tapers" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include rain tapers off friday and 3 beeswax tapers applying the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tapers" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tapers
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rain tapers off Friday night. (5 words)
The chance of moderate rain tapers. (6 words)
Rain tapers off Friday, with drier weather and sunshine next weekend. (11 words)
After the ground has hardened the artist "smokes" the plate, classically with 3 beeswax tapers, applying the flame to the plate to darken the ground and make it easier to see what parts of the plate are exposed. (38 words)
He styled an A-line mini-dress to wear with tall boots, a “bubble” dress that was gathered at the hem by a drawstring and a “chemise,” a short dress that tapers at the bottom. (35 words)
At each step, the increase in spending is smaller than in the previous step, so that the multiplier process tapers off and allows the attainment of an equilibrium. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rain gradually tapers off Saturday night, with just lingering nuisance showers leftover Easter morning.
Rain tapers off Friday, with drier weather and sunshine next weekend.
Rain tapers off Friday night.
The intense heat wave slightly tapers off Tuesday in Southern California but some real relief is in sight by midweek.
As work tapers off on priority streets and crews become available, they will be dispatched to help clear residential streets, Schmidt said.
He styled an A-line mini-dress to wear with tall boots, a “bubble” dress that was gathered at the hem by a drawstring and a “chemise,” a short dress that tapers at the bottom.
The rate tapers down to 20 per cent for families earning up to $353,680 per year.
The snow then tapers from west to east between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
As the snowfall tapers off, the shovels are coming out in communities across the city.
We could see an additional 1-2" before the rain tapers off.
The chance of moderate rain tapers.
Under the new subsidy, those earning up to $67,000 will receive 85 per cent subsidy which then tapers off as incomes increase.
After the ground has hardened the artist "smokes" the plate, classically with 3 beeswax tapers, applying the flame to the plate to darken the ground and make it easier to see what parts of the plate are exposed.
Anatomy and morphology The dugong's body is large with a cylindrical shape that tapers at both ends.
At each step, the increase in spending is smaller than in the previous step, so that the multiplier process tapers off and allows the attainment of an equilibrium.
Ejaculation may continue for a few seconds after the euphoric sensation gradually tapers off.
Flat ground blades have a profile that tapers from the thick spine to the sharp edge in a straight or convex line.
For many years the tapers set up their microphones wherever they could, and the eventual forest of microphones became a problem for the official sound crew.
How the cross section area tapers from the maximum at convert to the minimum at the surface is therefore an important design factor for a space elevator cable.
Its tail is very thick at the base and gradually tapers.
Common combinations with tapers
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: