Blacking is an English word with synonyms like polish. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Blacking in a sentence
Related words
Blacking meaning
- A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
- Shoe polish.
- A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Synonyms of Blacking
Using Blacking
- The main meaning on this page is: A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating. | Shoe polish. | A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
- Useful related words include: shoe polish, polish.
- In the example corpus, blacking often appears in combinations such as: blacking out, blacking up.
Context around Blacking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blacking
- In this selection, "blacking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rituals, wild, now and warehouse stand out and add context to how "blacking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wild blacking up scene and blacking out communications. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blacking" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blacking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dönitz had the settings book changed anyway, blacking out Bletchley Park for a period. (14 words)
Charles's mother, Elizabeth Dickens, did not immediately support his removal from the boot-blacking warehouse. (16 words)
Or are we saying that playing transgender is like “blacking up” to play Shakespeare’s Moor, Othello. (17 words)
As he recalled to John Forster (from The Life of Charles Dickens): The blacking-warehouse was the last house on the left-hand side of the way, at old Hungerford Stairs. (31 words)
Before light broke, the commandos shared a breakfast of sorts then followed two time-worn Marine rituals: Blacking-up their faces with burned cork and taking a swig of rum. (30 words)
Jamie Lee Curtis does her best with the ‘kindly hooker’ role and there’s a wild blacking up scene that makes this role-reversal romp a painful watch in places. (30 words)
When that doesn’t work, the Dark Knight uses the battlefield to his advantage and electrocutes his friend, blacking out the city in the process! (25 words)
Example sentences (16)
Churches faced a near impossible task of blacking out their windows, so moved their evening services to the afternoons.
The 12-year-old girl drank until she was blacking out and woke up with her pants unbuttoned and felt that he had sexually assaulted her, Warden said.
Before light broke, the commandos shared a breakfast of sorts then followed two time-worn Marine rituals: Blacking-up their faces with burned cork and taking a swig of rum.
Following complaints from the opposition, the House of Commons’ non-partisan law clerk criticized the government for blacking out too much of the documents.
Jamie Lee Curtis does her best with the ‘kindly hooker’ role and there’s a wild blacking up scene that makes this role-reversal romp a painful watch in places.
The corporate-controlled media is now “blacking out” Bernie and will eventually move to viscously attack his campaign if it continues to gain momentum.
Ultimately the stress of the situation led to her blacking out on set, putting on weight and having suicidal thoughts.
We’re adamant on using excellent technology and extensive blackout curtains that are blacking out 99 per cent of the light and within the regulations to release heat and humidity.
When that doesn’t work, the Dark Knight uses the battlefield to his advantage and electrocutes his friend, blacking out the city in the process!
Blacking out communications and media coverage is a go-to play for dictators, so that doesn’t come as much of a surprise.
So, it doesn’t cost more to bury the wires, but that does prevent the storm blacking out power when you need it the most.
Soon, there were more towers blacking out as it emerged that the entire city of Brisbane was under a power cut.
Or are we saying that playing transgender is like “blacking up” to play Shakespeare’s Moor, Othello.
As he recalled to John Forster (from The Life of Charles Dickens): The blacking-warehouse was the last house on the left-hand side of the way, at old Hungerford Stairs.
Charles's mother, Elizabeth Dickens, did not immediately support his removal from the boot-blacking warehouse.
Dönitz had the settings book changed anyway, blacking out Bletchley Park for a period.
Common combinations with blacking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- blacking out 12×
- blacking up 2×