Appropriating is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Appropriating meaning
present participle and gerund of appropriate
Using Appropriating
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of appropriate
- In the example corpus, appropriating often appears in combinations such as: of appropriating, appropriating the, appropriating their.
Context around Appropriating
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Appropriating
- In this selection, "appropriating" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, culturally, heritage, dishonestly, indigenous, money and commonwealth stand out and add context to how "appropriating" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of appropriating different cultures and accused of appropriating the hindu. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "appropriating" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with appropriating
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cars and motorbikes appropriating all the space starves other passengers unfairly. (11 words)
I’m talking about the highly inappropriate or culturally-appropriating costumes. (11 words)
Priti Patel was yesterday accused of ‘appropriating’ the pain of Windrush victims. (12 words)
Appropriating through archaeological excavations, and then inserting them into the art market or the stream of commerce, seems like a particularly disrespectful sort of sacrilege, even if it results in a well-rounded museum collection. (35 words)
Still, I am a little wary of calling out Mr. Santos for culturally appropriating Jewishness, for trying to assimilate himself to my people, because we Jews are always trying to assimilate people to us. (34 words)
For example, the sentences at the top that say things like, “A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Litchfield Opera House,” as House File 225 begins. (33 words)
Do these people love their people or do they only want to continue appropriating their commonwealth while they bleed to death one after the other? (25 words)
How can a colonial institution claim that they were not in the wrong for appropriating land, exploiting Indigenous peoples, and attempting to eradicate their cultures? (25 words)
Example sentences (20)
Appropriating through archaeological excavations, and then inserting them into the art market or the stream of commerce, seems like a particularly disrespectful sort of sacrilege, even if it results in a well-rounded museum collection.
For example, the sentences at the top that say things like, “A bill for an act relating to arts and cultural heritage; appropriating money for Litchfield Opera House,” as House File 225 begins.
He is also charged with single counts of dishonestly appropriating Commonwealth property and disclosing information to a person while not authorised.
In 2022, it was accused of "culturally appropriating" a Chinese traditional design for one of its skirts.
Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega has continued his fierce assault on the Catholic Church, shuttering two important Catholic universities and appropriating their assets.
Stefani has long been accused of appropriating different cultures, including Harajuku style, named for the streetwear paradise in Tokyo.
Still, I am a little wary of calling out Mr. Santos for culturally appropriating Jewishness, for trying to assimilate himself to my people, because we Jews are always trying to assimilate people to us.
By Jamal Kanj The absence of an authentic Israeli national memory made it crucial for political Zionism to construct a convoluted web of deception by appropriating national symbols.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) cited Congress appropriating more money each year than the amount Secret Service requests as evidence of a deeper problem.
The Colorado Water Conservation Board supported a state contribution of that same amount, and the state legislature passed an annual water projects bill appropriating that amount.
Do these people love their people or do they only want to continue appropriating their commonwealth while they bleed to death one after the other?
How are the two team names really any different, i guess you can argue Redskin is slightly more disparaging but the Cheifs are still appropriating indigenous american culture and imagery.
Priti Patel was yesterday accused of ‘appropriating’ the pain of Windrush victims.
The annual process of appropriating federal spending — which has been a refuge of bipartisan deal-making during Trump’s presidency — has been eclipsed this year by coronavirus relief efforts.
The “I Like It Like That” rapper was accused of appropriating the Hindu goddess Durga after she appeared on the cover of Footwear News as Durga holding shoes.
But this production has a way of appropriating and defusing what makes people angry and uncomfortable.
Cars and motorbikes appropriating all the space starves other passengers unfairly.
Furthermore, as the artists Fionda interviews point out, appropriating Indigenous symbols and motifs and cultural significance behind them.
How can a colonial institution claim that they were not in the wrong for appropriating land, exploiting Indigenous peoples, and attempting to eradicate their cultures?
I’m talking about the highly inappropriate or culturally-appropriating costumes.
Common combinations with appropriating
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of appropriating 10×
- appropriating the 4×
- appropriating their 3×
- for appropriating 3×
- culturally appropriating 2×
- appropriating indigenous 2×
- appropriating land 2×
- are appropriating 2×
- on appropriating 2×
- appropriating some 2×