Explore Boffins through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Boffins meaning
plural of boffin
Using Boffins
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of boffin
- In the example corpus, boffins often appears in combinations such as: boffins have, boffins at, the boffins.
Context around Boffins
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Boffins
- In this selection, "boffins" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, book, chess, bingo, battled, predicted and gobsmacked stand out and add context to how "boffins" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as the boffins predicted and clever book boffins at oxford. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "boffins" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with boffins
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ursus boffins gobsmacked by danger-mellows in the Blighty bits? (10 words)
His boffins had been seduced into thinking the track was dry enough for the switch. (15 words)
However, boffins have reportedly have decided to determine the characteristics of the 'ideal' pair of breasts. (16 words)
The data points to the companion being a metal-poor star, meaning the original star that went supernova and birthed BH3 was likely also light on metals, just as the boffins predicted. (32 words)
There’s discovery and (don’t whisper it too loudly!) learning written all over a brilliant and ambitious new series from the clever book boffins at Oxford University Press! (29 words)
The bingo boffins have “Rishi’s Den” – that’s 10 to all you bingo fans - helpful tips to help you navigate to your next favourite online site. (27 words)
Ursus boffins gobsmacked by danger-mellows in the Blighty bits? (10 words)
There’s discovery and (don’t whisper it too loudly!) learning written all over a brilliant and ambitious new series from the clever book boffins at Oxford University Press! (29 words)
Example sentences (9)
However, boffins have reportedly have decided to determine the characteristics of the 'ideal' pair of breasts.
There’s discovery and (don’t whisper it too loudly!) learning written all over a brilliant and ambitious new series from the clever book boffins at Oxford University Press!
Young chess boffins battled it out at the first-ever Southwark Schools Chess Tournament which saw Sacred Heart School romp to victory.
The bingo boffins have “Rishi’s Den” – that’s 10 to all you bingo fans - helpful tips to help you navigate to your next favourite online site.
The data points to the companion being a metal-poor star, meaning the original star that went supernova and birthed BH3 was likely also light on metals, just as the boffins predicted.
Ursus boffins gobsmacked by danger-mellows in the Blighty bits?
Fortunately, the boffins in the control room spotted the ball hitting Sam Taylor's arm on the goal line, and a behind was given.
His boffins had been seduced into thinking the track was dry enough for the switch.
The wheeled machine has been made by boffins at the nearby Oxford Robotics Institute (ORI) from Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science.
Common combinations with boffins
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- boffins have 2×
- boffins at 2×
- the boffins 2×