Explore Bunking through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bunking meaning
present participle and gerund of bunk
Using Bunking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of bunk
- In the example corpus, bunking often appears in combinations such as: bunking up, bunking with.
Context around Bunking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bunking
- In this selection, "bunking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brand, pre, double, beginning, alone and off stand out and add context to how "bunking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include include only bunking up with and less about bunking off if. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bunking" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bunking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Those rules include only bunking up with household members. (9 words)
One useful feature of public holidays is that workers worry less about bunking off if everyone else does the same. (20 words)
Federal prison cells were designed for single-person occupancy, with “double-bunking” beginning in the 1990s to reduce costs and increase available space. (23 words)
Millennials were also bunking alone in increasing numbers, in part because so many of them are living in what Statistics Canada confusingly deems “Living Apart Together” (LAT) relationships; essentially, a long-distance relationship. (33 words)
Cohen suggests "pre-bunking"—that is, a sort of proactive fact-checking in which media sources warn of possibilities for misinformation or people independently learn to recognize tactics of manipulation. (30 words)
Nelle got the scoop on Willow and “Wiley Cooper-Jones” (Erik and Theo Olson) from Harmony for a while, but now Nelle’s bunking with Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco). (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
In Elon Musk's world of advertising, you get a discount if you don't mind your brand bunking up with the most loathsome posts imaginable.
Cohen suggests "pre-bunking"—that is, a sort of proactive fact-checking in which media sources warn of possibilities for misinformation or people independently learn to recognize tactics of manipulation.
Federal prison cells were designed for single-person occupancy, with “double-bunking” beginning in the 1990s to reduce costs and increase available space.
Those rules include only bunking up with household members.
Millennials were also bunking alone in increasing numbers, in part because so many of them are living in what Statistics Canada confusingly deems “Living Apart Together” (LAT) relationships; essentially, a long-distance relationship.
Nelle got the scoop on Willow and “Wiley Cooper-Jones” (Erik and Theo Olson) from Harmony for a while, but now Nelle’s bunking with Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco).
One useful feature of public holidays is that workers worry less about bunking off if everyone else does the same.
The alarm went off at 2:15 a.m. Grace Banker stirred awake and roused three of the women she was bunking with.
Common combinations with bunking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bunking up 2×
- bunking with 2×