for-instance

American  

[fer-in-stuhns] / fərˈɪn stəns /

noun

1. an instance or example.

   Give me a for-instance of what you mean.

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Example Sentences

Of course, not all shipwrecks find themselves in such relatively hospitable conditions—the Titanic, for instance, is slowly being gobbled up by iron-eating bacteria.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Cerebras shareholders, for instance, will get a chance to convert and sell 84 million Class B shares in August, then another 87 million shares in September and October—all before six months pass in mid-November.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Since 1970, tsunamis have claimed more than 250,000 lives worldwide, notably the Boxing day tsunami in 2004 in the Indian ocean and the tsunami on March 11 2011 in Japan, for instance.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

I remember well, for instance, the blind animal terror which ensued when some townie set off the civil defense sirens as a joke.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Related Words

• as
• e.g.
• such as
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