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Explore Brexit through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Brexit in a sentence

Related words

Brexit | Brexiteers | Brexiteer | Brexiters | Brexiter | Brexity

Brexit meaning

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Using Brexit

  • The main meaning on this page is: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
  • In the example corpus, brexit often appears in combinations such as: the brexit, brexit party, no-deal brexit.

Context around Brexit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 31.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 16 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pro 4× soft 2× anti 2× hard 1× deal 1× break 1× pre 1× deliver 1× clean 1× mps 1×

Often after:

party 6× supporting 2× vote 2× border 1× pound 1× backing 1× pact 1× lawmakers 1× ones 1× task 1×

Sentence patterns with Brexit

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

a clean brexit as quickly 1× a post brexit climate where 1× a pre brexit pact with 1× a soft brexit 1× after the brexit party announced 1× are pro brexit 1× as can brexit be cancelled 1× brexit no alignment 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

are we seeing 1× brexit no alignment 1× following the brexit 1× hundreds of anti 1× it s westminster 1× last week a 1×

Common sentence endings:

a major way 1× a soft brexit 1× are pro brexit 1× brexit at all 1× downsides of brexit 1× earlier this month 1×

Words around Brexit

Just before it in the word index:

brexi 2 brex 17 brewton 13 brewster 158 brewskis 2 brewski 3

Just after it in the word index:

brexiteer 71 brexiteers 96 brexiter 8 brexiters 20 brexity 3 brey 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

eagles 4.390 cloud 4.388 custody 4.387 viewers 4.381 summit 4.379 drink 4.375

Corpus analysis for Brexit

  • In this selection, "brexit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pro, soft, anti, party, supporting and vote stand out and add context to how "brexit" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a clean brexit as quickly, a post brexit climate where, brexit party, brexit deal and deal brexit. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "brexit" sits close to words such as eagles, cloud and custody, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with brexit

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

Hundreds of anti-Brexit campaigners have taken part in a number of demonstrations along the Irish border in opposition to Brexit. (21 words)

Owning up to having voted for Brexit or even expressing sympathy with Brexit was also widely felt to be frowned upon in the sector. (24 words)

Terms such as 'Brexit border issue' and 'Brexit pound news' as well as questions such as 'can Brexit be cancelled?' were used for the research. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

And those who were basing their vote on Brexit were always going to vote for the real McCoy, not some pale imitation of a Brexiteer party, with a leader who was a Brexiteer at heart (as Labour was presenting itself in pro-Brexit areas of the country). (47 words)

He said there was more than a 50% chance of an election in the autumn and that if Johnson opted for “a clean break Brexit” then the Brexit Party would work with him so that the Brexit-supporting vote was not split. (42 words)

The inability to deliver Brexit is eating away at our historic democracy, so the only answer was to offer my support to the one serious party which believes in delivering a clean Brexit as quickly as possible: the Brexit party. (40 words)

Question examples

Are we seeing signals out of Brussels and London that we may be moving from Hard Brexit or Soft Brexit or No Deal Brexit to… No Brexit at all? (29 words)

Example sentences (20)

Are we seeing signals out of Brussels and London that we may be moving from Hard Brexit or Soft Brexit or No Deal Brexit to… No Brexit at all?

He said there was more than a 50% chance of an election in the autumn and that if Johnson opted for “a clean break Brexit” then the Brexit Party would work with him so that the Brexit-supporting vote was not split.

Terms such as 'Brexit border issue' and 'Brexit pound news' as well as questions such as 'can Brexit be cancelled?' were used for the research.

The boss of the Brexit-backing ERG group told the HuffPost website: “A pre-Brexit pact with the Brexit Party won’t happen all the time Nigel Farage insists the Conservatives pursue no deal, which won’t happen.

The claims - first made public by the Brexit Party's Nigel Farage - came after the Brexit Party announced it would not field candidates in any seats won by the Conservatives in 2017, to avoid splitting the pro-Brexit vote.

The inability to deliver Brexit is eating away at our historic democracy, so the only answer was to offer my support to the one serious party which believes in delivering a clean Brexit as quickly as possible: the Brexit party.

It's Westminster: home of MPs, Brexit, the Supreme Court, Brexit, the MoD, a number of high profile hospitals, Brexit and M&M's World.

Obviously, pro-Brexit lawmakers would vote against it, but so would many anti-Brexit ones who fear that a second victory for the “leave” side would shatter their hopes for a soft Brexit.

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Mr O’Donnell said Ireland’s Brexit Task Force Report valued the annual loss of Irish Quota in the Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) at €43 million by 2026.

While Brexit-supporting economists point to the fact that capital grew strongly in the years leading up 2016 and was bound to slow, business surveys point to Brexit as one cause of the stagnation.

The Brexit vote was 2016, but here we are in 2024 and the shock waves of Brexit are still spreading across Europe in a major way.

And those who were basing their vote on Brexit were always going to vote for the real McCoy, not some pale imitation of a Brexiteer party, with a leader who was a Brexiteer at heart (as Labour was presenting itself in pro-Brexit areas of the country).

Brexit: 'No alignment' with EU on regulation, Javid tells businessSajid Javid warns businesses UK and EU regulations will differ after Brexit, saying firms must "adjust".

Following the Brexit referendum in 2016 and years of tense negotiations and political turmoil in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally secure parliamentary approval for a Brexit deal earlier this month.

He’s not concerned about Brexit alienating 500 million EU nationals or his own country that voted remain, just poor old England that voted for Brexit.

Hundreds of anti-Brexit campaigners have taken part in a number of demonstrations along the Irish border in opposition to Brexit.

Last week a Brexit Party MEP voiced concern about the UK going unrepresented at such policy-setting events, provoking derision and accusations that she did not understand the downsides of Brexit.

Last week in Brussels, Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost said his government’s desire to throw off EU regulations was not just a negotiating position but “the point of the whole (Brexit) project”.

Owning up to having voted for Brexit or even expressing sympathy with Brexit was also widely felt to be frowned upon in the sector.

Retaining the working class in any great number has proven difficult in a post-Brexit climate where white transit van drivers and black taxi drivers too often are pro-Brexit.

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Common combinations with brexit

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "brexit" in a sentence?
An example: "Are we seeing signals out of Brussels and London that we may be moving from Hard Brexit or Soft Brexit or No Deal Brexit to… No Brexit at all?" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "brexit" from authentic English texts.
What does "brexit" mean?
Brexit means: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
How many example sentences with "brexit" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "brexit", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.