Explore Buttressing through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like buttress or support. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Buttressing meaning
present participle and gerund of buttress
Using Buttressing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of buttress
- Useful related words include: buttress, support.
- In the example corpus, buttressing often appears in combinations such as: buttressing the, buttressing his, buttressing her.
Context around Buttressing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buttressing
- In this selection, "buttressing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ostensibly, further, arguments and akeredolu stand out and add context to how "buttressing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include buttressing akeredolu s and buttressing her point. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "buttressing" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buttressing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thus the area was stabilised by buttressing and inserting drainage adits. (11 words)
Buttressing her point, she said; “I remember when I was in secondary school. (13 words)
These risks, plus the normal end of a business cycle that results in a recession, mean you should be buttressing your portfolio. (22 words)
Buttressing her view with statistics, she announced that 58 percent of breast cancer patients were under the age of 50, and that many of the afflicted persons resorted to quack doctors and application of uncertified herbal concoctions. (37 words)
Zimra Commissioner General Faith Mazani revealed this yesterday when she addressed this year’s edition of the annual tax review conference in Harare with Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister Clemence Chiduwa further buttressing the point. (36 words)
The walls have a long history, including the north aisle being built after 1200, as well the construction of the vestry, Lady chapel and buttressing of the south and west walls in the 14th century. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
The walls have a long history, including the north aisle being built after 1200, as well the construction of the vestry, Lady chapel and buttressing of the south and west walls in the 14th century.
Ostensibly buttressing the foregoing headlines are some statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that reveal the fact that approximately 700,000 people commit suicide annually.
These risks, plus the normal end of a business cycle that results in a recession, mean you should be buttressing your portfolio.
Buttressing Akeredolu’s statement, Adamu said the participants at the meeting had fine-tuned Operation Amotekun and adopted it to be state-led initiative and not regional.
Buttressing her point, she said; “I remember when I was in secondary school.
Zimra Commissioner General Faith Mazani revealed this yesterday when she addressed this year’s edition of the annual tax review conference in Harare with Finance and Economic Development Deputy Minister Clemence Chiduwa further buttressing the point.
And none addresses the case for rethinking social care, improving quality of services and individual control, as opposed to buttressing the existing system.
Buttressing her view with statistics, she announced that 58 percent of breast cancer patients were under the age of 50, and that many of the afflicted persons resorted to quack doctors and application of uncertified herbal concoctions.
Buttressing his claim on the alleged neglect of the state, Babalola said the road from Ado-Ekiti to Akure, the Ondo State capital, was among the worst in the country.
In this interview with Dr Katrien Devolder (Philosophy, Oxford), Professor Richard Holton (Philosophy, Cambridge) argues that those interacting with people suffering from dementia have an important role to play in buttressing their identity.
Oddly, Cassini seems to have abandoned this reasoning, which Rømer adopted and set about buttressing in an irrefutable manner, using a selected number of observations performed by Picard and himself between 1671 and 1677.
Theories as buildings: we establish a foundation for them, a framework, support them with strong arguments, buttressing them with facts, hoping they will stand.
Thus the area was stabilised by buttressing and inserting drainage adits.
Common combinations with buttressing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: