On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Bugbear. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bogeyman or bugaboo and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Bugbear meaning
- An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.
- A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.
- A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children.
Using Bugbear
- The main meaning on this page is: An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity. | A source of dread; resentment; or irritation. | A generic creature, often described as a large goblin, meant to inspire fear in children.
- Useful related words include: bogeyman, bugaboo, boogeyman, booger.
- In the example corpus, bugbear often appears in combinations such as: bugbear of, bugbear in, bugbear for.
Context around Bugbear
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bugbear
- In this selection, "bugbear" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, regular, huge, preferred, entertainment and raised stand out and add context to how "bugbear" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge bugbear in recent and a particular bugbear in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bugbear" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bugbear
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
People who prep food as if this was not the case are my personal bugbear. (15 words)
In short, relativistic logic is not, or need not be, the bugbear it is often presented to be. (18 words)
Others who simply abhor Mr. Trump or Mr. Scarborough and Ms. Brzezinski used the situation to bash their preferred bugbear. (20 words)
The lender repeated its call for Nigeria to simplify its complex foreign exchange system, a bugbear for the IMF for more than a year which has left large gaps between official rates and various windows that certain groups can use to get other rates. (44 words)
The lack of banking options in Earlestown has been a huge bugbear in recent years, with some residents forced to travel into St Helens or Warrington to deposit or withdraw cash, or speak with their bank representatives in person. (39 words)
It’s hard to not have fun while playing eveloped by Bugbear Entertainment and produced by THQ Nordic, has been available on PC since the summer of 2018 but only just recently released on consoles. (35 words)
Example sentences (14)
To conclude, though, we have an issue which is becoming a regular bugbear of everyone who enjoys spending time on or by our waterways.
Procrastination, or the art of doing the wrong things at one specifically wrong time, has become a bugbear of our productivity-obsessed era.
The lack of banking options in Earlestown has been a huge bugbear in recent years, with some residents forced to travel into St Helens or Warrington to deposit or withdraw cash, or speak with their bank representatives in person.
Others who simply abhor Mr. Trump or Mr. Scarborough and Ms. Brzezinski used the situation to bash their preferred bugbear.
Persuading children to put shoes and coat on is most time-consuming bugbear while the most common ‘bribes’ are sweets and promising to play their favourite music.
A particular bugbear in the Fox News documentary was a poll claiming that 20% of Americans believed the moon landing was faked.
It’s hard to not have fun while playing eveloped by Bugbear Entertainment and produced by THQ Nordic, has been available on PC since the summer of 2018 but only just recently released on consoles.
But after taking out 6ft 10in John Isner in Lyon last month and 6ft 5in Brands on Tuesda, he can begin to put that bugbear to bed.
Cleanliness was the real bugbear for 10% of offices which don’t allow pets but 9% said there was a legal issue why they couldn’t be allowed to roam.
People who prep food as if this was not the case are my personal bugbear.
The lender repeated its call for Nigeria to simplify its complex foreign exchange system, a bugbear for the IMF for more than a year which has left large gaps between official rates and various windows that certain groups can use to get other rates.
The primary bugbear, raised by numerous councillors from multiple parties, was that councillors felt they were being asked to vote without all the information they needed at hand.
In 2004, Classic Rock 's Jon Hotten wrote: "That genre thing has been a bugbear of Marillion's, but it no longer seems relevant.
In short, relativistic logic is not, or need not be, the bugbear it is often presented to be.
Common combinations with bugbear
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bugbear of 3×
- bugbear in 2×
- bugbear for 2×