fanned in English

verb
1
cool (especially a person or a part of the body) by waving something to create a current of air.
he fanned himself with his hat
2
increase the strength of (a fire) by blowing on it or stirring up the air near it.
gusty wind fanned fires in Yellowstone Park
3
disperse or radiate from a central point to cover a wide area.
the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings
synonyms:spread (out)branch (out)outspread

Use "fanned" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "fanned" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "fanned", or refer to the context using the word "fanned" in the English Dictionary.

1. He fanned the fire.

2. The breeze fanned our faces.

3. Strong winds fanned the blaze.

4. Strong winds fanned the fire.

5. He fanned the dog out.

6. Winds fanned the flames.

7. The peacock fanned out its tail.

8. A warm breeze fanned her cheeks.

9. Her resistance only fanned his desire.

10. The fire fanned out in all directions.

11. The troops fanned out as they advanced.

12. The soldiers fanned out across the hillside.

13. Fanned by the wind, they advanced furiously.

14. She fanned her face with a newspaper.

15. She fanned her face with a paper.

16. He fanned out the cards in his hand.

17. His speeches fanned the flames of racial tension.

18. 25 Our troops fanned out across the fields.

19. A search party fanned the countryside.

20. A fire that no one fanned will consume him;

21. Hope, whose spur fanned your ardor into flame.

22. You're always blowing'your stacks over some guy that fanned.

23. He fanned himself with a newspaper to cool down.

24. 3 The peacock fanned out its tail.

25. His writings fanned the flames of racism.

26. Our troops fanned out across the fields.

27. Fanned fires and forced love never did well yet. 

28. He fanned his search party out across the hills.

29. The police fanned out to surround the house.

30. She fanned out the cards in her hand.

31. Her wild behaviour merely fanned the flames of his jealousy.

32. He fanned the cards in his hand before playing.

33. Shinto, which fanned the war fervor and promised victory, disappointed the people.

34. The railway fanned out from Moscow to all points of the compass.

35. The newspapers deliberately fanned the public's fears of losing their jobs.

36. Boas’s graduate students, Columbia colleagues, and hired assistants soon fanned out across the city

37. 22 The library was heated by warm air fanned through a grille.

38. 14 Slowly the network fanned out, a loose, far-flung affiliation of daredevils and mavericks.

39. Searchers fanned out over the area where the missing child was last seen.

40. With white plumage gleaming, terns hover, tails fanned, slim red beaks pointing down towards the water.

41. 6 Through the centuries, certain rulers have fanned the flames of divisive international strife.

42. Slowly the network fanned out, a loose, far-flung affiliation of daredevils and mavericks.

43. 30 Meanwhile, Spong, who fanned the flames of the debate in 1988 when he ordained the Rev.

44. Attractive young women fanned him as he simultaneously read, wrote, waved an axe and held a flower aloft.

45. Refractive production of a concentrically fanned structured bundle of light beams, optical measuring device with refractive deflection element

46. The troopers then fanned out to disarm the blacks; two blacks were shot and two bayoneted in the process.

47. It created an odd effect, because, as he shook his head, he still fanned himself with his straw hat.

48. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, enlightened despotism, secularism, nationalism and liberalism had all fanned the flames.

49. Folly fanned her anger like a flame, trying desperately to burn out the suspicions that crowded into her mind.

50. Worldwide, winds of intolerance are blowing strongly, fanned by such things as racial and ethnic prejudice, nationalism, tribalism, and religious extremism.