pair - use in sentences

Object

  • t-tests: Mean velocity and step width were recorded for three repetitions with each condition and analyzed using paired samples t-tests.

Adjective modifier

  • coxless: Stephen Williams and Fred Scarlett, the spare men from Oxford Brookes, rowed a gutsy final to finish fourth in the coxless pairs.
  • twisted: The best cable is dual twisted pair with shielding.
  • matching: On top of all this are a matching pair of super flat NXT speakers.
  • stereo: A stereo pair of analog tape inputs ( RCA pin jacks ) is also provided.

Noun used with modifier

  • key-value: Dictionary class implemented as a B-tree, for the storage and retrieval of key-value pairs.

Modifies a noun

  • trawler: Currently the Scottish pelagic fleet operates as single or pair trawlers.

Noun used with modifier

  • au: An au pair Plus must be a EU national.
  • buddy: The last buddy pair up also spotted a shoal of several hundred cow nosed rays swimming past in formation.

Preposition: of

  • shoe: Please bring a spare pair of shoes to change into at the end of the day.
  • scissors: Always keep a very sharp pair of scissors to hand, for cutting red-tape.
  • trouser: Not good in a suit or nice pair of trousers.
  • binoculars: A pair of binoculars will show them up easily - you might even see them both with your unaided eye.
  • glove: A cold day requires more clothing and possibly a pair of gloves or hat.

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