Sentence examples for were staked from inspiring English sources

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were staked

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To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

  • To stake vines or plants.

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Dogs with long coats were staked in tiers along the steep hillsides.

The other ends were staked into the hard ground outside the circle of graves.

Horses were staked in the grass or kept in small corrals.

Reporters and campaign officials packed three rows of seats inside the courtroom, while cameras were staked out in the rain.

The imposing walls of Abu Ghraib were behind them, and their jihadist enemies were staked out further down the road.

At Roger Clinton's five-bedroom house today, television crews were staked out and a Lexus remained parked in the driveway.

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Should they be staked?

Positions are being staked out.

Reputations have been staked.

They surely must be staked.

I'm staking my claim".

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