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How to use nan in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Nan means synonym of maid: a servant girl. Example: “We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.”

Examples of nan by meaning

nounSynonym of grandmother.

  • We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.

More sentences with nan

  • My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.From the entry dotty
  • Nan made a batch of fresh mogs for Christmas—rich with molasses and full of raisins.From the entry mog
  • He ate chicken dopiaza with plain rice and a nan.From the entry dopiaza
  • But could she've shown me that every browsy hill in Greece had its dappled nans and famestruck twanger, I'd've not been daunted.From the entry browsy
  • And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan.2021 August 5, Gloria Dickie, “The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous…. From the entry Kitasoo
  • Nan Yuan Resort (南元休閒農場) is located on the border between Liuying(柳營) and Liuchia (六甲) townships.2018 December 13 [c. 2013], “Nan Yuan Resort(南元休閒農場)”, in Travel Tainan, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2019. From the entry Liuchia
  • The “Iranian cakes” are Persian bread (nan), still a staple food in Ningxia and Xinjiang.2010, Paul D. Buell, Eugene N[ewton] Anderson, “[Juan One] Translation”, in A Soup for the Qan: Chinese Dietary Medicine of the Mongol Era…. From the entry mongol
  • In the Chinese Islamic Restaurant, a Ningxia Hui restaurant near Los Angeles, we have eaten similar stews with their incomparable nan–style bread.2010, Paul D. Buell, Eugene N[ewton] Anderson, “[Juan One] Translation”, in A Soup for the Qan: Chinese Dietary Medicine of the Mongol Era…. From the entry mongol
  • Now her short sleeves showed off her bingo wings (or nan flaps, if you prefer), and her eyes were lined with resignation and contempt.2006, Anthony McGowan, Henry Tumour, London: Definitions, published 2007, page 276. From the entry nan flap
  • They will not be eating tandoori chicken, lamb curry, nan or other standard fare, but exotic foods spiced with cinnamon, tamarind and pepper.1990 October 21, Julie Sahni, “FARE OF THE COUNTRY: South India's Regional Cuisines”, in New York Times. From the entry standard fare

Meaning of nan

  1. noun Synonym of maid: a servant girl.
  2. noun Synonym of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
  3. noun Synonym of nursemaid.

Full definition of nan

Questions about nan in a sentence

How do you use nan in a sentence?
Nan is used as a noun. For example: “We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.”
What is a short sentence with nan?
“We had my nan over for Christmas dinner.”
What does nan mean?
Nan means synonym of maid: a servant girl.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nan (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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