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Blacklegged is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Blacklegged in a sentence

Blacklegged meaning

simple past and past participle of blackleg

Using Blacklegged

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of blackleg
  • In the example corpus, blacklegged often appears in combinations such as: blacklegged ticks, blacklegged tick.

Context around Blacklegged

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

ticks 2× tick 2×

Sentence patterns with Blacklegged

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

a blacklegged tick also 1× and blacklegged ticks which 1× blacklegged ticks and 1× the blacklegged tick the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a blacklegged tick 1× and blacklegged ticks 1× blacklegged ticks and 1× the blacklegged tick 1×

Common sentence endings:

a deer tick 1× at undetected gorging 1× coastal new england 1× to the next 1×

Words around Blacklegged

Just before it in the word index:

blackledge 11 blackleach 2 blacklash 2 blacklands 2 blacklabel 3 blackkklansman 13

Just after it in the word index:

blackletter 8 blackley 7 blacklight 8 blackline 19 blacklion 2 blacklist 133

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Blacklegged

  • In this selection, "blacklegged" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ticks and tick stand out and add context to how "blacklegged" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a blacklegged tick also and and blacklegged ticks which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blacklegged" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blacklegged

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

A blacklegged tick - also known as a deer tick. (9 words)

The blacklegged tick, the primary disease-spreading tick species in the Northeast and Midwest, is especially good at undetected gorging. (20 words)

Blacklegged ticks and their counterparts abroad used to be confined to certain climates, especially milder and humid temperate zones such as coastal New England. (24 words)

Longer example sentences

And blacklegged ticks, which spread the most disease in the U.S., are notoriously unpicky eaters, happy to ingest the blood of numerous mammals and birds, making them perfect for spreading disease from one species to the next. (38 words)

Blacklegged ticks and their counterparts abroad used to be confined to certain climates, especially milder and humid temperate zones such as coastal New England. (24 words)

The blacklegged tick, the primary disease-spreading tick species in the Northeast and Midwest, is especially good at undetected gorging. (20 words)

Example sentences (4)

And blacklegged ticks, which spread the most disease in the U.S., are notoriously unpicky eaters, happy to ingest the blood of numerous mammals and birds, making them perfect for spreading disease from one species to the next.

Blacklegged ticks and their counterparts abroad used to be confined to certain climates, especially milder and humid temperate zones such as coastal New England.

The blacklegged tick, the primary disease-spreading tick species in the Northeast and Midwest, is especially good at undetected gorging.

A blacklegged tick - also known as a deer tick.

Common combinations with blacklegged

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blacklegged" in a sentence?
An example: "And blacklegged ticks, which spread the most disease in the U.S., are notoriously unpicky eaters, happy to ingest the blood of numerous mammals and birds, making them perfect for spreading disease from one species to the next." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "blacklegged" from authentic English texts.
What does "blacklegged" mean?
Blacklegged means: simple past and past participle of blackleg
How many example sentences with "blacklegged" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "blacklegged", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.