for instance
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
As an example.
Example Sentences
- "Not everything in the economy is getting worse. For instance, inflation has recently fallen."
- "At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly—the only lavishment of which he was ever guilty—on the floor."
- ""Such an outcome would be unusual?" / "Exceptional. But then there are exceptions. And I'm straining every nerve to make this one!" / "And the suffering — such as today's, for instance — is unavoidable?""
- "One taps any source of comfort — Leigh Ashton at Charleston yesterday for instance."
- "The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long."
- "I met one yesterday, for instance – some treat he was!"