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How to use reeve in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Reeve means any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities. Example: “With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.”

Examples of reeve by meaning

verbTo pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.

  • With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 98

More sentences with reeve

  • Reeve Edgar le Sherman, honest and fair," he mocked, "defrauding his own fellows for gain.2020, Vesper Stamper, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry wooler
  • Can't wait to tell my wife's boyfriend about this as he loves keanu reeves!2020 January 6, @lushsux, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 07 May 2026. From the entry upboat
  • A reeve shows her readiness to copulate by crouching in a particular residence.1986, Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, Maimie Nethersole-Thompson, “New or Returning Waders”, in Waders: Their Breeding, Haunts and Watchers…. From the entry ruff
  • Reeves had recently completed the trashterpiece Devil's Advocate for Warner Bros., starring as a lawyer who goes up against Satan.2019, Brian Raftery, Best. Movie. Year. Ever. How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry trashterpiece
  • Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie.2008, Caroline B. Cooney, What Janie Found, page 175. From the entry unkidnap
  • Reeve gives his role the old college try—fervent amateurism.1980, T. E. Kalem, "Happy Hangover" (theatre review of Fifth of July), Time, 17 Nov.. From the entry old college try
  • Ruff and reeve only copulate after she has crouched and has sometimes nibbled the feathers at the back of the ruff’s head.1986, Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, Maimie Nethersole-Thompson, “New or Returning Waders”, in Waders: Their Breeding, Haunts and Watchers…. From the entry ruff
  • Take the end of a yardrope aloft, reeve it through this block from aft forward, and make it fast round the quarter of the yard.1953, Alfred Edward Nicholls, Charles H. Brown, Nicholls's Seamanship. From the entry yardrope
  • It is still more remarkable that the reeves also, even in the presence of the males, will court each other and have intercourse.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6). From the entry tumescence
  • Reeves' action moves and his sincerity, even when Wick is at his most stern, perfectly capture the blend of emotion and kinetic energy that define the films.2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC. From the entry kinetic energy
  • Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, was presented with an open goal thanks to Kwasi Kwarteng’s badly received mini-budget and she was determined not miss it.2022 September 26, Larry Elliott, “Rachel Reeves was never going to miss the open goal left by the Tories”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry open goal

Meaning of reeve

  1. noun Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
  2. noun The president of a township or municipal district council.
  3. noun The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.

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Questions about reeve in a sentence

How do you use reeve in a sentence?
Reeve is used as a noun and verb. For example: “With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.”
What is a short sentence with reeve?
“Reeve doesn't care about Hannah. thought Janie.”
What does reeve mean?
Reeve means any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

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