put - use in sentences
Object
- strain: The weak coupling in this example puts a further strain on the reader.
- emphasis: Some argue the results don't necessarily mean much, given the way foreign schools may put more emphasis on the contest.
- money: The aim is to encourage your child to put money into this little box during Lent.
- end: Put the pointy end of the balloon into the tub.
Followed by a transitive particle
- off: Do not attempt to sing it puts the choir off.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- aside: However, it would be wrong to assume that employers and unions put aside their differences during the war.
- off: The Brewery's move from Vauxhall to Devon has been put off till at least December.
- down: And it's hard to put down once you get going.
- up: Customers stand to put up to £ 50 in their pockets just by changing energy supplier.
- on: Indeed, he is notable for the wide range of the exhibitions he has put on.
Followed by a transitive particle
- aside: You've turned into your dad the day you put aside a thin piece of wood to specifically stir paint with. !
- down: You will almost always need a deposit of some sort and the more you can put down the better.
- up: The Jedi dying was handled well, although you think they could have put up a bit more of a fight.
Infinitive complement
- sleep: I walked the two miles back home having made this decision to have a young, otherwise healthy dog put to sleep.
Preposition: under
- spotlight: BIDS is put under the spotlight by Isobel Stark.
Preposition: in
- place: We have put in place short-term measures to reduce the amount of watering we are doing.
- appearance: Alam just put in a brief appearance this morning.
Particle object: up_obj
- poster: We put up a poster asking for help with my name as the contact.
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