for-instance

[fer-in-stuhns]

noun

1. an instance or example.

   Give me a for-instance of what you mean.

Example Sentences

Over the years, I’d hear from people insisting that I write about, as a for-instance, their uncollected trash or unfilled pothole.

From Los Angeles Times

“Just as we now do bag checks for everybody that goes into our parks, it could be that at some point we add a component of that that takes people’s temperatures, as a for-instance,” Iger said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Just as we now do bag checks for everybody that goes into our parks, it could be that at some point we add a component of that that takes people’s temperatures, as a for-instance,” Iger added.

From Reuters

"Just as we now do bag checks for everybody that goes into our parks," he said, "it could be that at some point we add a component of that that takes people’s temperatures, as a for-instance."

From Fox News

One of our guests, the BMW R nineT Scrambler, is a good for-instance of a Euro 4-compliant bike.

From Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• as 
• e.g. 
• such as 
• thus