On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Tar. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as pitch or coat and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tar in a sentence
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Tar meaning
- A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Coal tar.
Synonyms of Tar
Tar vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Tar
- The main meaning on this page is: A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal. | Coal tar. | A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
- Useful related words include: pitch, coat, crewman, sailor.
- Possible Dutch translations are: teer.
- In the example corpus, tar often appears in combinations such as: the tar, tar heels, tar heel.
Context around Tar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tar
- In this selection, "tar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carolina, low, nicotine, heels, cigarettes and grouted stand out and add context to how "tar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the tar heels and assisted review tar to review. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tar" sits close to words such as accountant, antibody and antitrust, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After plenty more traversal, Cal will come upon some tar pits he must cross to progress. (16 words)
Duke is in Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels for the end of regular season game. (17 words)
I fall through the cracks on the tar and I realise his mind is just wired differently. (17 words)
It marked the fourth game this season that Maye has thrown for 300-plus yards and two-plus touchdowns, but with the Tar Heels now falling to 6-2, it's going to be hard for Maye to make up ground in the Heisman race. (45 words)
Koch 2009 The scientific evidence is that switching from regular to light or low-tar cigarettes does not reduce the health risks of smoking or lower the smoker’s exposure to the nicotine, tar, and carcinogens present in cigarette smoke. (40 words)
All of the projects in the contest were reviewed and judged by the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, and exhibit projects were even brought to the museum in person to be judged, adding to the excitement. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
I’m a conservative guy, he says, so “If I say it in conservative circles, I might run the risk of somebody heating up the pot of tar, to tar and feather me.
Koch 2009 The scientific evidence is that switching from regular to light or low-tar cigarettes does not reduce the health risks of smoking or lower the smoker’s exposure to the nicotine, tar, and carcinogens present in cigarette smoke.
Tar-grouted macadam was in use well before 1900, and involved scarifying the surface of an existing macadam pavement, spreading tar, and re-compacting.
The plywood ship had a coating of tar paint, which may have aided combustion. citation A coating of tar would have been commonplace on ships in the classical era.
After plenty more traversal, Cal will come upon some tar pits he must cross to progress.
All of the projects in the contest were reviewed and judged by the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association, and exhibit projects were even brought to the museum in person to be judged, adding to the excitement.
And yet the visual — Turner in a Red Sox uniform, his signature pine tar stain above the No. 2 on his back — remains jarring.
Aug 27, 2022; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye (10) throws the ball against the Florida A&M Rattlers during the second half at Kenan Memorial Stadium.
But the chaos that would take place if the Seminoles, Tar Heels and Cardinals all go unbeaten would be incredible.
But this is another must-win for the Tar Heels if they want to keep their tournament hopes alive, and I think they’ll deliver.
Dec 27, 2023; Charlotte, NC, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers fans during pregame warm ups against the North Carolina Tar Heels at Bank of America Stadium.
Duke is in Chapel Hill to face the Tar Heels for the end of regular season game.
For a second year in a row, the Tar Heels go into the game as a big dance bubble team.
He pulls Benoit off, but it’s all for show as he punts Sullivan in the ribs and the place explodes as The Horsemen beat the tar out of Sullivan.
He will reportedly join Mack Brown's Tar Heels as the presumptive replacement for at starting quarterback, as Maye is expected to be a top prospect in the 2024 NFL Draft.
I fall through the cracks on the tar and I realise his mind is just wired differently.
In the early stages of transfer portal warfare, it seems like Nick Timberlake is the first big target for Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels.
In this case, the defendants proposed to the court to use technology assisted review (TAR) to review and produce documents.
Ironically dressed in a crisp white suit with his bare feet dripping with what looks like tar, he descends upon Constantine like an angel from Heaven.
It marked the fourth game this season that Maye has thrown for 300-plus yards and two-plus touchdowns, but with the Tar Heels now falling to 6-2, it's going to be hard for Maye to make up ground in the Heisman race.
Common combinations with tar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the tar 92×
- tar heels 72×
- tar heel 27×
- tar and 10×
- carolina tar 10×
- of tar 7×
- tar sands 6×
- to tar 5×
- black tar 5×
- tar spot 5×