Explore Vane through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like blade or weathervane. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Vane in a sentence
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Vane meaning
- A weather vane.
- Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
- The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
Synonyms of Vane
Using Vane
- The main meaning on this page is: A weather vane. | Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid. | The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.
- Useful related words include: blade, rotating mechanism, weathervane, weather vane.
- In the example corpus, vane often appears in combinations such as: henry vane, the vane, vane the.
Context around Vane
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vane
- In this selection, "vane" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, weather, length, harry, rose, anemometers and anemometer stand out and add context to how "vane" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across each vane and at length vane rose to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vane" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vane
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Vane Kuhlmann, 52 years old of Atlanta, was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine. (13 words)
Vane anemometers One of the other forms of mechanical velocity anemometer is the vane anemometer. (15 words)
At the end of the book, Harriet Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage. (15 words)
The support Fela-Durotoye shows isn’t limited to just make-up artistes, but also extends to other fairly new beauty businesses like Hegai & Esther, Vane and Taos; all of these beauty brands are retailed across all 24 House of Tara studios nationwide. (43 words)
At length Vane rose to remonstrate, and call him to his senses; but Cromwell, instead of listening to him, drowned his voice, repeating with great vehemence, and as though with the desperate excitement of the moment, "Sir Harry Vane! (39 words)
But enemies abound, in the form of the infamous Captain Charles Vane, the Royal Navy, Flint’s fellow cutthroats, his own inner demons, and an exiled legend whose name brings on the shivers – a man called Long John Silver. (39 words)
At length Vane rose to remonstrate, and call him to his senses; but Cromwell, instead of listening to him, drowned his voice, repeating with great vehemence, and as though with the desperate excitement of the moment, "Sir Harry Vane! (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
At length Vane rose to remonstrate, and call him to his senses; but Cromwell, instead of listening to him, drowned his voice, repeating with great vehemence, and as though with the desperate excitement of the moment, "Sir Harry Vane!
Van der Kiste, p. 114 Hervey and Frederick also shared a mistress, Anne Vane, who had a son called FitzFrederick Vane in June 1732.
Vane anemometers One of the other forms of mechanical velocity anemometer is the vane anemometer.
After being outgunned in the season premiere, the pirate Vane comes back in Chapter 21, “The Pirate,” only to see all of his friends, and his boss Gorian Shard, wiped out.
A large cordon is in place between Vane Street and Freehold Street, off Spring Bank, following an incident on Monday evening.
First flown is an emblem with pictures of Pierce and Sen. Rufus de Vane King of Alabama, his running mate.
Matulis who plays Vane is also the incubus George and the Devil Therapist in American Horror Story's Piggy Man, where the actor also wears masks and prosthetics.
Vane Kuhlmann, 52 years old of Atlanta, was arrested for Possession of Methamphetamine.
College President Phil Hanlon announced today that Dartmouth will remove and replace Baker Tower’s weather vane, which currently bears an image of a Native American.
Despite Vane-Tempest’s seniority, it will be deputy executive director who takes over the merged branches come Monday morning.
Students and alumni petitioned Dartmouth to take down the weather vane, which they said depicted racist stereotypes of Native Americans.
One was the "Cooper vane", an aerodynamic wedge that uses wind pressure to prevent an aft stairwell from being deployed inflight.
The assembly constituencies of Kalimpong, Kurseong, and Darjeeling serve as the weather vane to gauge the voter mood in the constituency.
The support Fela-Durotoye shows isn’t limited to just make-up artistes, but also extends to other fairly new beauty businesses like Hegai & Esther, Vane and Taos; all of these beauty brands are retailed across all 24 House of Tara studios nationwide.
But enemies abound, in the form of the infamous Captain Charles Vane, the Royal Navy, Flint’s fellow cutthroats, his own inner demons, and an exiled legend whose name brings on the shivers – a man called Long John Silver.
By far the best gauge, though — as so often — is in Mourinho, that great weather vane of his opponent’s strengths.
All-black light mill To rotate, a light mill does not have to be coated with different colors across each vane.
A pump that has been operating under these conditions shows premature wear of the impeller vane tips and the pump housing.
A ruling that Henry Vane himself had concurred with in opposition to Oliver Cromwell years earlier.
At the end of the book, Harriet Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage.
Common combinations with vane
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: