Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bookend
Participle: bookended
Gerund: bookending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bookend |
| you | bookend |
| he;she;it | bookends |
| we | bookend |
| you | bookend |
| they | bookend |
Perfect
| I | have bookended |
| you | have bookended |
| he;she;it | has bookended |
| we | have bookended |
| you | have bookended |
| they | have bookended |
Past
| I | bookended |
| you | bookended |
| he;she;it | bookended |
| we | bookended |
| you | bookended |
| they | bookended |
Pluperfect
| I | had bookended |
| you | had bookended |
| he;she;it | had bookended |
| we | had bookended |
| you | had bookended |
| they | had bookended |
Future
| I | will bookend |
| you | will bookend |
| he;she;it | will bookend |
| we | will bookend |
| you | will bookend |
| they | will bookend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bookended |
| you | will have bookended |
| he;she;it | will have bookended |
| we | will have bookended |
| you | will have bookended |
| they | will have bookended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bookend |
| you | bookend |
| he;she;it | bookend |
| we | bookend |
| you | bookend |
| they | bookend |
Perfect
| I | have bookended |
| you | have bookended |
| he;she;it | have bookended |
| we | have bookended |
| you | have bookended |
| they | have bookended |
Imperfect
| I | bookended |
| you | bookended |
| he;she;it | bookended |
| we | bookended |
| you | bookended |
| they | bookended |
Pluperfect
| I | had bookended |
| you | had bookended |
| he;she;it | had bookended |
| we | had bookended |
| you | had bookended |
| they | had bookended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bookend |
| you | would bookend |
| he;she;it | would bookend |
| we | would bookend |
| you | would bookend |
| they | would bookend |
Perfect
| I | would have bookended |
| you | would have bookended |
| he;she;it | would have bookended |
| we | would have bookended |
| you | would have bookended |
| they | would have bookended |
Imperative
| you | bookend |
| we | Let's bookend |
| you | bookend |
Verbs conjugated like 'bookend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bookend'
backbend,
barken,
bartend,
bend,
berend,
besend,
bespend,
betoken,
betrend,
birken,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From book + end.
Sample Sentences
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Side one has good songs bookended by better songs. [2006, Henry Owings, Patton Oswalt, The Overrated Book, →ISBN, page 105:]
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The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen. [2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:]
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Taking the 18th-century tale at a steady, relentless drumbeat, and with a seductively cool detachment, Kubrick guides you through his hero’s rise and fall, bookended by two sensational duelling scenes. [2016 July 28, Peter Bradshaw, “Barry Lyndon review – Kubrick's intimate epic of utter lucidity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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Her aim is to answer questions that “raze to the bone of life”, including the most profound of all: “How, in this blink of existence bookended by nothingness, do we attain completeness of being?” [2020 February 7, P. D. Smith, quoting Maria Popova, “Figuring by Maria Popova review – distillation of a lifetime's reading”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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Yes, there are leisure lines to be enjoyed - in the Welsh 'Queen' resorts of Llandudno and Aberystwyth, or the steamer jewel of Douglas on the Isle of Man, where dramatic mountain and hill inclines were overcome and bookended with amusements and culinary amenities for the enjoyment of visitors. [2021 February 10, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Versatile and functional funiculars”, in RAIL, number 924, page 61:]