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How to use baton in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Baton means a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes. Example: “The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra fell silent.”

Examples of baton by meaning

nounThe stick of a conductor in musical performances.

  • The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra fell silent.

nounAn object transferred by runners in a relay race.

  • In the relay race, the runner dropped the baton.

nounA short stout club used primarily by policemen.

  • The police officer carried a baton for self-defense.

verbTo strike with a baton.

  • She passed the baton to her successor after retiring.

More sentences with baton

  • The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton.From the entry balance
  • The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.From the entry twirl
  • But having now passed on the baton, she expects him to develop his own style of chairmanship and provide strong leadership.2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 35. From the entry pass the baton
  • Fear is what puts butts into pews, what knocks us kneebound as if by the baton of a slavedriver.2017, Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed. From the entry kneebound
  • The uniform and watchcoats were issued along with beat lamps, batons and 'rattles' that could be used to summon assistance.2012, John McGowan, Policing the Metropolis of Scotland: A History of the Police and Systems of Police in Edinburgh and Edinburghshire…. From the entry watchcoat
  • Zucchina flowers are sold still attached to the slender green batons of fruit here, or in bundles on their own.2011, Tracey Lawson, A Year in the Village of Eternity, →ISBN, page 156. From the entry zucchina
  • Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.1989, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron. From the entry anacrusis
  • The open season on culture in Manhattan used to begin with the first stroke of a Metropolitan Opera baton.1959 October 26, “Music: Curtains Up!”, in Time, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2014. From the entry open season
  • Michael Howard will be given a demonstration of the use of the extended baton and the more controversial side-handed baton at the Home Office.2015 June 14, Colin Brown, “Howard to approve longer police baton: Home Secretary urges more effective protection”, in The Independent. From the entry side-handed
  • They dressed officers with new, military-style uniforms, gave them antistab vests and equipped them with equipment like extendable metal batons and clubs that turn into handcuffs.2009 May 31, Sarah Lyall, “Critics Assail British Police for Harsh Tactics During the G-20 Summit Meeting”, in New York Times. From the entry antistab
  • As head of the facility, he was probably going to find himself carrying the weight for the disaster even though it had been Bruno who’d wielded the overjuiced baton.1988, Stephen Gallagher, chapter 1, in Oktober, Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, published 1989, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry overjuiced

Meaning of baton

  1. noun A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
  2. noun A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
  3. noun The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

Full definition of baton

Questions about baton in a sentence

How do you use baton in a sentence?
Baton is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra fell silent.”
What is a short sentence with baton?
“The police officer carried a baton for self-defense.”
What does baton mean?
Baton means a staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: baton (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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