Bairns is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bairns meaning
plural of bairn
Using Bairns
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bairn
- In the example corpus, bairns often appears in combinations such as: the bairns, dundee bairns, bairns in.
Context around Bairns
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bairns
- In this selection, "bairns" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dundee, shy, husbands, hoose, ahead and get stand out and add context to how "bairns" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a bairns hoose centre and awards scots bairns book of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bairns" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bairns
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Children after enjoying lunch provided by Dundee Bairns in 2018. (10 words)
Been there mony times with husbands, bairns, friends, even EE competition winners. (12 words)
Unfortunately for the Breedon Highland League champions the Bairns retook the lead within a minute. (15 words)
Shy bairns get nowt as they say, so if you’re just starting out, knock on some agency doors, ask for work experience, and publish as much of your own content as you can – whether that’s a blog, a website, or social content. (44 words)
Organiser, councillor Lynne Short, said: “That is a big ask for many families and primary schools in the city have highlighted over 500 bairns who would benefit from cosy clothes for outdoor PE and windows being opened in school during this pandemic. (42 words)
Studies in a nummer o countries hae shown that lernin bairns in their ain tongue, the tongue o hame, gies a heeze tae their confidence, bit mair nor that tae their achievement in ither subjecks, an aa, sic-like Maths and English. (42 words)
I hope it is emblazoned with lights to bulk it up, then the bairns and me will be happy! (19 words)
Example sentences (19)
It promises to be a big moment for the 20-year-old, who has made nine appearances across all competitions for the Bairns since linking up with them at the end of January.
Mary Glasgow, chief executive of Children 1st, said: “We are continuing to work with East Renfrewshire Council to explore the potential to use Capelrig House as a Bairns Hoose centre for excellence.
Morrison then put the Bairns ahead from the spot only for the visitors to then tie the match themselves from a dubious penalty award.
Shy bairns get nowt as they say, so if you’re just starting out, knock on some agency doors, ask for work experience, and publish as much of your own content as you can – whether that’s a blog, a website, or social content.
Then came the review I was doing for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a Matthew Kelly show in 1988, to which I took my bairns, given it was a reportedly hugely successful, offbeat comedy for all ages.
Been there mony times with husbands, bairns, friends, even EE competition winners.
Due to the unforgivable inaction by the Israeli soldiers, it was left to a heroic Palestinian bystander and one of the teachers to enter the burning bus and pull out dozens of the bairns, saving their lives.
Dunfermline’s forward players had done a lot of running to try to plug the holes the Bairns are adept at finding in defences.
Unfortunately for the Breedon Highland League champions the Bairns retook the lead within a minute.
Children after enjoying lunch provided by Dundee Bairns in 2018.
I dinna ken aboot yous, but I’m ayewiz keeping an eye on the latest bairns’ names celebrities ging for.
Instead the annual show, organised by the city’s instrumental music service, is moving online in the hope of raising money for children’s charity Dundee Bairns.
Organiser, councillor Lynne Short, said: “That is a big ask for many families and primary schools in the city have highlighted over 500 bairns who would benefit from cosy clothes for outdoor PE and windows being opened in school during this pandemic.
Dundee Bairns started life in 2016 as the brainchild of former Dundee City Council chief executive David Dorward and initially aimed to provide free meals to kids during the school holidays.
For, as a wonderful saying puts it, “we’re all Jock Tamson’s bairns” – wherever in the world we happen to come from.
His version won the Scots Language Awards Scots Bairns’ Book of the Year accolade last month.
I hope it is emblazoned with lights to bulk it up, then the bairns and me will be happy!
Studies in a nummer o countries hae shown that lernin bairns in their ain tongue, the tongue o hame, gies a heeze tae their confidence, bit mair nor that tae their achievement in ither subjecks, an aa, sic-like Maths and English.
Fraser Aird, left, holds off Falkirk's Ruben Summut during Dundee United's victory over the Bairns at Tannadice.
Common combinations with bairns
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bairns 7×
- dundee bairns 3×
- bairns in 2×