How to use forked in a sentence

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• The hard drive broke down, so I forked out five hundred dollars for a new one.From the entry fork out
• I forked over half the allotment this morning.From the entry fork over
• Hundreds of spectators forked over the 70 bucks for tickets.From the entry fork over
• He forked the steak onto the plate and set the timer again.2013, Francine Rivers, And the Shofar Blew. From the entry ping
• Yehuda forked a French-fried potato into his mouth, as the steward arrived with the ketchup.2012, Robert Lockwood, “Lacking Intelligence”, in A Dragon Defanged, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry french-fried potato
• It is about 60 cm (24 inches) long, including its long forked tail.2011, “Selected Falconiforms”, in John P. Rafferty, editor, Meat Eaters: Raptors, Sharks, and Crocodiles (Britannica Guide to Predators…. From the entry kite
• For various reasons, McCool's server project subsequently forked, leading to the development of the Apache Web Server.2007, Fadi P. Deek, James A. M. McHugh, Open Source: Technology and Policy, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry fork
• The man had a long forked beard and carried a spear or two, and a spear-thrower.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 5. From the entry dilly bag
• But first he stopped his car at the crossroads where the highway forked off to Gastmann's house.1955, Therese Pol, The judge and his hangman, translation of original by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, page 48. From the entry crossroads
• I forked it into my mouth and chewed it down, letting the pleasure of its cornmealy goodness show on my face.2016, Anna Castle, Flash Memory (Lost Hat, Texas; 2), →ISBN. From the entry cornmealy
• This man has a forked tongue and lacks credibility.2008 March 10, Kavi Chongkittavorn, “OPINION: Regional Perspective”, in The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand, retrieved 26 Mar 2008. From the entry forked tongue
• The visiting tourists eagerly forked over a measly two dollars per group to their guides as payment for their services.2004, Richard Rizun, Ora, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry measly
• A narrow forked tongue as red as blood slithered out from between two long fangish teeth and flickered in the air.1999, Jeff Crook, The Rose and the Skull, page 133. From the entry fangish
• I see a forked beast squatting on the midden of the world, red-eyed, regardant, gnawing on a shinbone: poor, dumb destroyer.1993, John Banville, Ghosts. From the entry regardant
• Brianna curbed her pang of envy as she forked her plain, low-fat, crouton-free salad niçoise into her mouth and shook her head.2018, Maya Blake, chapter 2, in What the Greek's Money Can't Buy (Greek Bachelors), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN. From the entry fork
• We denote the estimated interests of a developer given a repository that he or she forked, watched, committed or pull-requested in GitHub as I(r).2017 August 31, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Afra Mashhadi, Taha Yasseri, Social Informatics: 9th International Conference, SocInfo 2017…. From the entry pull request
• He's spoken with a forked tongue to reporters, and his explanations for launching a probe don't pass the plausibility and credibility tests.2008 March 26, “Let a real "probe" begin”, in Sandusky Register online, retrieved 26 Mar 2008. From the entry speak with a forked tongue
• He was leaning forward, head down, taking one deliberate step after another, both arms behind, dragging his gutted buck by its barely forked antlers.2006, John Durand, Behind Enemy Lines: A Memoir. From the entry gutted
• Interestingly enough, John Mullins, the celebrated English dowser, was able to do this experiment using a forked twig, rather than a pendulum.1996, Richard Webster, Dowsing for Beginners: The Art of Discovering Water, Treasure, Gold, Oil, Artifacts, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN. From the entry dowser
• Set is represented as having the features of a fantastic beast with a thin, curved snout, straight, square-cut ears and a stiff forked tail.1972, New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, page 20. From the entry Typhonian
• I went down at sunrise and forked out their ensilage to a paddockful of sturdy young Angus bulls I am proud to think I bred.1970, Patrick White, chapter 4, in The Vivisector, New York: Avon, published 1980, page 168. From the entry paddockful
• He doesn’t use the orthodox forked limb in his snake-killing pursuits, but just takes an ordinary stick and unafraidly flays the reptile.1937 April 21, “12-Year-Old Boy is Death To Rattlers”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel, volume 95, number 95, Santa Cruz, Calif., page three. From the entry unafraidly
• Katrina spread butter and syrup with liberal abandon, then forked several squares of butter- and maple-syrup-laden waffley goodness into her mouth and closed her eyes in bliss.2013, C.L. Wilson [pseudonym; Cheryl Wilson], “Upon a Midnight”, in One Enchanted Season: A Collection of Magical Holiday Romance, →ISBN…. From the entry waffley
• 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

Meaning of forked

1. adjective That splits into two or more directions, or parts.
2. adjective Having forks (parts into which anything is furcated or divided).

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Questions about forked in a sentence

How do you use forked in a sentence?

Forked is used as an adjective. For example: “It's a forked road. Turn left at the fork.”

What is a short sentence with forked?

“A three-forked trident.”

What does forked mean?

Forked means that splits into two or more directions, or parts.