Sentence examples for the stub from inspiring English sources

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the stub

noun

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

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That rule led to the stub bid.

A crown goes on top of the stub.

Saw the stub off at the growth collar.

She didn't want to part with the stub.

They said he had been holding the stub in his left hand.

His artificial leg was attached just below the knee, the stub raw and sore.

The stub of the cigarette was clasped between his second and third fingers.

It is best if the stub is custom-designed for the patient, Dr. Campbell said.

Dee just paced in his coveralls, happy and worried, pinching the stub of his cigarette.

Besides, I planned to give the stub to my children as a gift.

The ticket taker tears the fan's ticket, returns the rain check and keeps the stub.

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