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How to use formation in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Formation means the act of assembling a group or structure. Example: “It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.”

Examples of formation by meaning

nounThe act of assembling a group or structure.

  • Some cloud formation was confirmed and rainfall was observed over some islands.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

nounA layer of rock of common origin.

  • Over a broad region, the color of a formation may change.2012, Chinle Miller, In Mesozoic Lands: The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle edition

nounAn arrangement of players designed to facilitate certain plays.

  • N'Golo Kanté embodies both sides of this, a player whose early scratchiness was soothed with glorious results in the new 3-4-3 formation, allowed simply to be his best, most wonderfully mobile, diligent, destructive self.2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in the Guardian

More sentences with formation

  • It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.From the entry leap
  • The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.From the entry slew
  • The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.From the entry around
  • Seminarians are usually divided into philosophers and theologians, depending on their stage of formation.From the entry theologian
  • The formation consists of cyclothemic sequences of coal, shale, limestone, sandstone, and clay.From the entry cyclothemic
  • Such reactions are re-creatable in the laboratory because the conditions for their formation can be re-created.From the entry re-creatable
  • The backs were lined up in an I formation.From the entry back
  • The new sediment layers overlie the older rock formations.From the entry overlie
  • The formation of agglutinate is more abundant in mature regolith.From the entry agglutinate
  • The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.From the entry audible
  • In binding the protein loricrin, involucrin contributes to the formation of a cell envelope that protects corneocytes in the skin.From the entry involucrin
  • The Prussian cavalry's death ride successfully scattered the French artillerymen, easing the pressure on the other Prussian formations.From the entry death ride
  • They flew in a tight formation.From the entry tight
  • When pruning a tree, stub cuts delay wound closure and can provide entry to canker fungi that kill the cambium, delaying or preventing woundwood formation.From the entry woundwood
  • A patient with venistasis might be more vulnerable to the formation of blood clots due to long periods of immobility such as when driving for long distances.From the entry venistasis
  • Although this cannot be fully excluded, this word exhibits suspiciously little formal variation for a sound-symbolic formation.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 198. From the entry sound-symbolic
  • An aperiodic monotile never repeats a formation, no matter how long the pattern.2023 April 4, Matthew Cantor, “'The miracle that disrupts order': mathematicians invent new 'einstein' shape”, in The Guardian, London…. From the entry monotile
  • In general, the technique resulted in faster healing, less car formation, and less contracture than pinch grafting.2022, Lindsey Fitzharris, The Facemaker, page 149. From the entry contracture
  • The lead cecaelia ship left its fleet formation to dock with the main mermaid ship.2021, Austin Dragon, Siren Storms of Madness (Fabled Quest Chronicles; book five), Well-Tailored Books, →ISBN. From the entry cecaelia
  • Note: The offensive team must present a legal formation both before and after a shift.2020, NFL rule 7 section 4 article…. From the entry present
  • Namaste," he said, his hands in prayer formation, his smile wide and confident and sincere.2020 August 17, Paul Bouchard, Priya’s Choice, iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry namaste
  • At this point, other ships in the U.S. formation began to spot the incoming Japanese column.2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 14:50 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original…. From the entry dislocated
  • When they're flying in formation they can be referred to as a skein.2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC. From the entry gaggle
  • Wearily, he cancels the order and orders the ships back into line-ahead formation instead.2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 12:24 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any…. From the entry line abreast
  • Some of the single-citation terms appeared to be nonce formations, that is, created for the occasion.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 16. From the entry nonce
  • We also examined whether the recruitment of Rab30 to GAS requires GcAV formation using autophagy-deficient cell line.2016 January 16, “Golgi-Resident GTPase Rab30 Promotes the Biogenesis of Pathogen-Containing Autophagosomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry intraendosomal
  • We therefore assume that MDA may not appear as the primary autoimmunogenic factor in small LDL-IgG-IC formation.2016 February 4, “Simvastatin Efficiently Lowers Small LDL-IgG Immune Complex Levels: A Therapeutic Quality beyond the Lipid-Lowering…. From the entry autoimmunogenic
  • It is not until about the fourth week that extended-order drill, or actual battle formation, is practiced.2016, Walter Saul Bernstein, Keep Your Heads Down, →ISBN. From the entry extended-order drill
  • Glaciation, by oversteepening slopes, and by subsequent isostatic rebound, greatly enhances crevice cave and talus cave formation.2015, M. P. Cooper, J[ohn] E. Mylroie, “Pseudokarst and Non-dissolutional Caves”, in Glaciation and Speleogenesis: Interpretations from…. From the entry eustasy
  • Therefore, the monolayer could be used to demonstrate the effects of cyclic stretching on interepithelial gap formation.2015 May 20, Changping Gu et al., “Protective role of p120-catenin in maintaining the integrity of adherens and tight junctions in…. From the entry interepithelial
  • We assessed formation of well-organized tumorospheres using phase contrast light microscopy.2015 July 10, Faizan H. Khan et al., “Acquired genetic alterations in tumor cells dictate the development of high-risk neuroblastoma and…. From the entry tumorospheres
  • This results in induction of a controlled hypocoagulative state to counteract the tendency towards clot formation.2015 July 29, Carville G. Bevans et al., “Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to…. From the entry hypocoagulative
  • Subsequent intramolecular cyclization of strictosidine yielded strictosamide, a penultimate precursor of CAM formation in C.2015 August 8, “Molecular Cloning, Heterologous Expression, and Functional Characterization of an NADPH-Cytochrome P450 Reductase Gene…. From the entry strictosamide
  • It inhibited zoospore release, cystospore germination, lesion formation, lesion expansion, sporangiophore development and sporangial production.2015 October 10, “The Novel Oomycide Oxathiapiprolin Inhibits All Stages in the Asexual Life Cycle of Pseudoperonospora cubensis - Causal…. From the entry cystospore
  • Middle panel shows vesicles and lipid droplets of LLMC presenting electron-dense membranes typical of autolipophagosome formation.2015 October 29, “Lipid-Laden Multilocular Cells in the Aging Thymus Are Phenotypically Heterogeneous”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry autolipophagosome
  • Two diastereoisomers of each adduct are observed due to the formation of a stereogenic hemithioacetal group.2015 December 17, “Studies on the Glutathione-Dependent Formaldehyde-Activating Enzyme from Paracoccus denitrificans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry hemithioacetal
  • By understanding these mechanisms, we provide guidance on design strategies for suppressing tribopolymer formation..2015, Yubo Qi, Jing Yang, Andrew M. Rappe, “Theoretical Modeling of Tribochemical Reaction on Pt and Au Contacts: Mechanical Load and”, in…. From the entry tribopolymer

Meaning of formation

  1. noun The act of assembling a group or structure.
  2. noun Something possessing structure or form.
  3. noun The process during which something comes into being and gains its characteristics.

Full definition of formation

Questions about formation in a sentence

How do you use formation in a sentence?
Formation is used as a noun. For example: “It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.”
What is a short sentence with formation?
“They flew in a tight formation.”
What does formation mean?
Formation means the act of assembling a group or structure.

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