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How do you use Blimey in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Blimey in a sentence

Blimey meaning

Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.

Using Blimey

  • The main meaning on this page is: Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.

Context around Blimey

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 0 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

laughing 1× cor 1× thought 1×

Often after:

expressions 1× asking 1×

Sentence patterns with Blimey

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

affair cor blimey 1× blimey a presentable 1× blimey i can 1× blimey that ain 1× grin and blimey expressions 1× i thought blimey this ain 1× out laughing blimey asking you 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

blimey a presentable 1× blimey i can 1× i burst out 1× i thought blimey 1× in 2000 adam 1×

Common sentence endings:

affair cor blimey 1× and blimey expressions 1× much i say 1× political correspondent now 1× the first minute 1× the top then 1×

Words around Blimey

Just before it in the word index:

bliley 4 blignaut 4 blighty 15 blights 8 blighting 14 blighter 1

Just after it in the word index:

blimp 34 blimps 22 blin 3 blinc 2 blincyto 3 blind 1.973

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Blimey

  • In this selection, "blimey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, laughing, cor, thought, expressions and asking stand out and add context to how "blimey" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include affair cor blimey and blimey a presentable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blimey" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blimey

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

Blimey, that ain't good. (5 words)

Blimey, a presentable chance for Everton inside the first minute. (10 words)

In 2000, Adam Godley played him in the story of Sid James and Barbara Windsor 's love affair, Cor, Blimey! (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Blimey – I can now why after years of having a Westminster-based political editor the EDP clearly can’t afford to retain any kind of political correspondent now. (28 words)

I burst out laughing – blimey, asking you to nominate Smith while you were Corbyn’s deputy is a bit much, I say. (22 words)

All of them having Michael Sheen playing Blair, who aside from physical resemblance carries Blair’s wide grin and blimey expressions. (21 words)

Exclamation examples

In 2000, Adam Godley played him in the story of Sid James and Barbara Windsor 's love affair, Cor, Blimey! (20 words)

Example sentences (7)

Blimey, a presentable chance for Everton inside the first minute.

All of them having Michael Sheen playing Blair, who aside from physical resemblance carries Blair’s wide grin and blimey expressions.

Blimey, that ain't good.

Blimey – I can now why after years of having a Westminster-based political editor the EDP clearly can’t afford to retain any kind of political correspondent now.

I burst out laughing – blimey, asking you to nominate Smith while you were Corbyn’s deputy is a bit much, I say.

In 2000, Adam Godley played him in the story of Sid James and Barbara Windsor 's love affair, Cor, Blimey!

I thought, "Blimey, this ain't gonna go down that well", because it was just way over the top, then.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blimey" in a sentence?
An example: "Blimey, a presentable chance for Everton inside the first minute." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "blimey" from authentic English texts.
What does "blimey" mean?
Blimey means: Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
How many example sentences with "blimey" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "blimey", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.