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How to use dan in a sentence

33 example sentences · noun

Dan means a title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past. Example: “Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.”

Examples of dan by meaning

nounA dan buoy.

  • Dan buoys laid to mark a dumping ground.1917, United States. Office of Naval Intelligence, O.N.I. Publications, page 17

More sentences with dan

  • Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.From the entry have
  • Dan left his casserole in the fridge for three weeks, and now it's a science project.From the entry science project
  • Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.From the entry leg
  • Dan has always been very flaithiúlach with his money.From the entry flaithiúlach
  • Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston.2025 July 28, Steve Contorno, “Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina”, in CNN. From the entry formally
  • Dan and I loved to sit on our little backyard deck after sundown.2012, Bonnie Rough, Carrier. From the entry fruitsicle
  • Dan took another step closer to Sarah so he was standing almost on top of her.2008, Bec Furraway, Sarah Meets a Bully, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry cheese stick
  • Watwheels: Women in my mum’s generation are much stronger and tougher dan today’s complain queens.2008 July 4, “Another complain Queen on MRT!”, in MyCarForum of SgCarmart, retrieved 02 Nov 2017. From the entry complain queen
  • Dan Menaker handed me a pair of Groucho glasses as I entered the room.2006 October 17, Joe Klein, “Afterword”, in Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, Trade Paperback edition, Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN…. From the entry Groucho glasses
  • Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., and a longtime observer of the company.2004 November 29, John Markoff, “The Disco Ball of Failed Hopes and Other Tales From Inside Intel”, in The New York Times. From the entry uncharacteristic
  • Dan Dare's back, and what a completely skillo follow-up to the original.1988, Dan Dare II (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 27, March 1988). From the entry skillo
  • "Dan is creeping through the bushes on the other side of the mia-mia."1944, H. Lorna Bingham, Tuckonie's Warrior Friend, page 15, column 2. From the entry mia mia
  • Dan, a gaumish, freckled youth, grinned sheepishly and said 'Tank ye' at intervals for no apparent reason.1938, Mary Manning, Mount Venus, page 193. From the entry gaumish
  • Dan stood over the fallen parson, and started to count him out.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 25. From the entry count out
  • De lawd woan gives you mo' dan you kin tek.2021 July 10, Judith Ann McDowell, Fated Memories. From the entry jes
  • More dan anybody in da whole world!2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport. From the entry sugar cookie
  • Dan O'Brian was just a finger in the dike, but he had it stuck in a pretty vital hole.2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry finger in the dike
  • Dan paid, unfumblingly, for a round of drinks.2001, TUND: Short Stories by Thor Garcia. From the entry goblette
  • Dan Ye appealed to the Guancheng District Women’s Federation to establish a working relationship with the women’s mosques.2001, Shui Jingjun [水镜君], “In Search of Sacred Women's Organizations”, in Ping-Chun Hsiung, Maria Jaschok, Cecilia Milwertz, Red Chan…. From the entry Guancheng
  • Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 186. From the entry clock
  • Youve been on the ran dan you couple of wee tinkers and your mother's up to high doe.1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 27. From the entry high doh
  • “Dan, the woman sees English as a foreign language.”1990, Ralph Schoenstein, “Down, Ralphie!”, in You Can’t Be Serious: Writing and Living American Humor, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press…. From the entry calmable
  • Dan Pearce and daughter Edolene, left July 11 for a ten-day visit with relatives in Los Angeles and vicinity.1936 July 16, “[County Briefs] Forest Creek”, in Medford Mail Tribune, 31st year, number 94, Medford, Ore., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 5. From the entry Edolene
  • Dan as the "Al Bundy" of the 5th grade because of his sense of humor and his recaps of the mid or late 20% century.2013, Jaylon V. O'Neal, Autism: in My Own Words, page 25. From the entry Al Bundy
  • Dan Harris, 22, is the fastest speedcuber in Britain, which means he can complete the Rubik's Cube in just over 10 seconds.2007 October 4, Mike Peake, “Rubik's Cube: Quick-drawing sidewinder squares up for a cubic feat”, in Daily Telegraph. From the entry speedcuber
  • But if it is of the form P(S ) then it is equivalent to P(T) where T is the dans of S.1964, On the Occurrence of Non-deontic WFF's in Argument Forms Having Deontic WFF's as Conclusion. From the entry wff
  • Enfin nous pouvons toujours, en tant qu'anarchistes, empêcher le mouvement syndical de tomber dans les rouages d'une organisation autoritaire ou de créer une aristocratie ouvrière.1900, Paul Delasalle, L'action syndicale et les anarchistes, page 15; indirect English translation from Alias Recluse, transl., Anarchists…. From the entry labor aristocracy
  • Each was marked by lighted dan buoys spaced at one-mile intervals, laid by Fairmile motor launches of the Royal Navy, which followed immediately behind the minecraft.1962, Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operation in World War II, page 79. From the entry minecraft
  • Il se leva anxieux et entra dans l’appartement, qu’il trouva vide et silencieux, et où les voiles de Zoumourroud et ses écharpes gisaient sur le sol.1923, J[oseph] C[harles] Mardrus (French translation), translated by E[dward] Powys Mathers, “The Tale of Zumurrud, the Beautiful, and Ali…. From the entry scarfing
  • Dan produced his divining rod - a piece of forked willow tree - and taking a firm grip of it with both hands, went off ‘merry-widowing’ round Skinnerlouse’s yard.1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 8. From the entry divining rod
  • Dans added: “We talk about outer space and trips to Mars and then when you realise Nuuk is a three-hour flight from New York City, or thereabouts, it gets interesting.”2025 March 8, Miranda Bryant, quoting Tom Dans, “‘It’s very unpredictable’: divided Greenland prepares to vote amid Trump-inspired…. From the entry outer space
  • Dan brisked up a bit at the sight of two men before the window displaying the white wolf, evidently engaged in a wrangle over the merits of that historic beast.1923, George Washington Ogden, “Chapter 2”, in The Baron of Diamond Tail. From the entry brisk up

Meaning of dan

  1. noun A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
  2. noun A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
  3. noun A rank of black belt in martial arts.

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Questions about dan in a sentence

How do you use dan in a sentence?
Dan is used as a noun. For example: “Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.”
What is a short sentence with dan?
“Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.”
What does dan mean?
Dan means a title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.

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