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Backbiting in a sentence

Backbiting meaning

The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.

Using Backbiting

  • The main meaning on this page is: The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
  • In the example corpus, backbiting often appears in combinations such as: no backbiting, backbiting and, and backbiting.

Context around Backbiting

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

avoid 1× muslims 1× considers 1×

Often after:

harms 1×

Sentence patterns with Backbiting

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

amid the backbiting and chaos 1× calling and backbiting 1× islam considers backbiting the equivalent 1× mess no backbiting and maybe 1× must avoid backbiting to achieve 1× recriminations and backbiting 1× to muslims backbiting harms its 1× was no backbiting no cynicism 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to muslims 1× away from their 1× but unlike many 1× every night you 1× in islam islam 1× let us support 1×

Common sentence endings:

achieve our goals 1× around the president 1× calling and backbiting 1× flesh being eaten 1× no custody disputes 1× no one upmanship 1×

Words around Backbiting

Just before it in the word index:

backbenches 19 backbenchers 49 backbencher 36 backbench 55 backbeat 22 backbase 4

Just after it in the word index:

backblaze 6 backboard 33 backboards 3 backbody 2 backbone 521 backbones 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Backbiting

  • In this selection, "backbiting" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, avoid, muslims, considers and harms stand out and add context to how "backbiting" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include amid the backbiting and chaos and calling and backbiting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "backbiting" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with backbiting

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Social media is filled with these things – reviling others, name-calling, and backbiting. (13 words)

Let us support our new regional governor and we must avoid backbiting to achieve our goals. (16 words)

There won’t be a protracted divorce mess, no backbiting, and maybe even no custody disputes. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

But unlike many of Mr. Trump’s more famous advisers, Mr. McEntee was absent from public view, making virtually no comments to the news media and remaining largely under the radar amid the backbiting and chaos swirling around the president. (40 words)

Away from their candidate and the television cameras, some of Trump’s aides are quietly conceding just how dire his political predicament appears to be, and his inner circle has returned to a state of recriminations and backbiting. (38 words)

According to Muslims, backbiting harms its victims without offering them any chance of defense, just as dead people cannot defend against their flesh being eaten. (25 words)

Example sentences (8)

Let us support our new regional governor and we must avoid backbiting to achieve our goals.

Every night you’d be in the bar with these folks, and there was no backbiting, no cynicism, no one-upmanship.

There won’t be a protracted divorce mess, no backbiting, and maybe even no custody disputes.

Away from their candidate and the television cameras, some of Trump’s aides are quietly conceding just how dire his political predicament appears to be, and his inner circle has returned to a state of recriminations and backbiting.

Social media is filled with these things – reviling others, name-calling, and backbiting.

But unlike many of Mr. Trump’s more famous advisers, Mr. McEntee was absent from public view, making virtually no comments to the news media and remaining largely under the radar amid the backbiting and chaos swirling around the president.

According to Muslims, backbiting harms its victims without offering them any chance of defense, just as dead people cannot defend against their flesh being eaten.

In Islam Islam considers backbiting the equivalent of eating the flesh of one's dead brother.

Common combinations with backbiting

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "backbiting" in a sentence?
An example: "Let us support our new regional governor and we must avoid backbiting to achieve our goals." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "backbiting" from authentic English texts.
What does "backbiting" mean?
Backbiting means: The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
How many example sentences with "backbiting" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "backbiting", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.