Used in a Sentence

yanks

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for yanks.

Editorial note

Whether she has to honour the quote is irrelevant, as she yanks the quote at the second exchange before it is hit.

Examples17
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein.

Meaning at a glance

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N

a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for yanks.

N

a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein.

Example sentences

1

Whether she has to honour the quote is irrelevant, as she yanks the quote at the second exchange before it is hit.

2

Another one fixes that bug that occurred when the file is on a floppy disk and the user yanks out the disk in the middle.

3

Pretty good deal for the yanks, they get to export freedom of speech for just $5 bucks a month.

4

How about the cop grabs and yanks a teen that's near his window starting off the struggle.

5

What happens when the kernel yanks a page of memory from über a running process?

6

Maybe Google thinks brits are interested in philosophy and the yanks are interested in Lost?

7

Prediction: the comments in this thread will once again demonstrate the deep division between brits and yanks in their commitment to free speech.

8

What's the over/under on when App Review yanks it from the store?

9

It just feels like what footballer fan (soccer you,yanks) would feel if they had to wait over 24 hours to watch a world cup match....

10

I know we Yanks get no sympathy from the rest of the world, but labor here has taken a beaten long enough.

11

Admittedly from my perspective here in Ireland I may view this differently from yanks.

12

> What happens when the kernel yanks a page of memory from über a running process?

Quote examples

1

Just to show Yanks have it too, "slow and steady wins the race".

2

Because, you know, the latter, inasmuch as they are distinct from the former, have the same problem as "the yanks".

3

The university system, founded well before you Yanks got your footing in the world of academia, was designed to incorporate several colleges under a university system (thus the term "university" and not just "college").

4

) After escaping a German concentration camp and walking 93 miles to Italy he was redeployed to Burma, but Japan surrendered before he could make it to India: "If it wasn't for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years."...

Proper noun examples

1

Australians would care more about joining 20,000 other Australians just like them than 100,000 Yanks, for example.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use yanks in a sentence?

Whether she has to honour the quote is irrelevant, as she yanks the quote at the second exchange before it is hit.

What does yanks mean?

a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein.

What part of speech is yanks?

yanks is commonly used as N.