Sentence example with the word 'stave'

stave

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Definition n. (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

Last update: September 29, 2015


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Police use staves during riots.   [Please select]

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Well, that's one way to stave off passion.   [Please select]

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Booted the twain and staved.   [Please select]

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Stave it off awhile.   [Please select]

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"I'm going a stave higher still."'   [Please select]

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The blow was struck by Gavryl, who had picked up an oaken stave, and with it gave Ivan a terrible blow on the head.   [Please select]

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They hoped to stave off the Mongols in the same way as they had met the Kitan and the JuchĂȘn.   [Please select]

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The boy saw the danger, but too late to stave it off.   [Please select]

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"And watch where you're going if you don't want to stave that boat in."'   [Please select]

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But elsewhere the Confederates did what they could to stave the Federals off from advantageous ground on that day and the next.   [Please select]

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These two great soldiers then did what could be done to stave off Grant and Sherman.   [Please select]

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