Wondering how to use Cancelling in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Cancelling meaning
present participle and gerund of cancel
Using Cancelling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of cancel
- In the example corpus, cancelling often appears in combinations such as: cancelling the, noise cancelling, and cancelling.
Context around Cancelling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cancelling
- In this selection, "cancelling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, noise, ops, macbrayne, feature, works and treasury stand out and add context to how "cancelling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a resolution cancelling the nov and and the cancelling of another. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cancelling" sits close to words such as asserts, bicycles and bonded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cancelling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I don’t wear my favourite noise-cancelling headphones. (9 words)
Bose Noise Cancelling 700 wireless headphones are down to Rs. (10 words)
I don't want anyone cancelling you without full context. (10 words)
He claims the cancelling of a new pool at Guadaiza, the closing of the sports centre in La Campana and the cancelling of another indoor pool in Marbella have all been to make way for the initial Davis Cup costs of €1,020,727. (44 words)
And the impact of the bad weather is already being felt locally, with Caledonian MacBrayne cancelling the first four ferry sailings between Kilcreggan and Gourock, with a review due to take place at 10am. (34 words)
As for the noise-cancelling properties of the Bose 700, you’ll be able to enjoy an adjustable 11 levels of cancelation, destroying sound picked up from four mics placed around the earcups. (33 words)
But what are the rules around cancelling a holiday because of the heatwave? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
A commuter highlighted the noise-cancelling feature: "I sometimes commute on public transport and I love how well the noise cancelling works.
Photo ops, cancelling treasury sanctions, and cancelling war games is a weird way for Donny to have his foot on Kim's neck.
He claims the cancelling of a new pool at Guadaiza, the closing of the sports centre in La Campana and the cancelling of another indoor pool in Marbella have all been to make way for the initial Davis Cup costs of €1,020,727.
And the impact of the bad weather is already being felt locally, with Caledonian MacBrayne cancelling the first four ferry sailings between Kilcreggan and Gourock, with a review due to take place at 10am.
As for the noise-cancelling properties of the Bose 700, you’ll be able to enjoy an adjustable 11 levels of cancelation, destroying sound picked up from four mics placed around the earcups.
Avanti West Coast said it is cancelling Saturday services at short notice due to staff shortages.
Bose Noise Cancelling 700 wireless headphones are down to Rs.
But what are the rules around cancelling a holiday because of the heatwave?
Choose between transparency mode, so you can still hear the world around you, or noise-cancelling mode so you can enjoy the best audio and calls.
Claudette said Celine cancelling her ‘Courage’ tour was a necessary move for her chances of rehabilitation.
Cllr Wakeling said that cancelling funfairs will result in a loss of more than £20,000 worth of income for Weymouth Town Council, and that reinstating the bookings will negate this loss.
Disney recently announced it was cancelling a US$1 billion office complex project in the state.
Harvey Slade had cancelled out Winchester Daniel Jones’ opener in the first half, before five minutes into the second period the floodlights went out, prompting the cancelling of the game.
He has refused to accept the group's apology - cancelling its licence on Monday.
Hospitals in England will be cancelling operations and other appointments, health bosses warn.
However, after days of pushback from students and faculty and two petitions demanding the speech be cancelled, the university changed course, cancelling the event altogether.
I don't want anyone cancelling you without full context.
I don’t wear my favourite noise-cancelling headphones.
In other business, the board adopted a resolution cancelling the Nov. 7 election for the school district.
Instead, Covid forced the entrepreneur to speed up its plans to launch more widely as it found major events organisers like IDG cancelling in-person events and looking for remote options.
Common combinations with cancelling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cancelling the 29×
- noise cancelling 19×
- and cancelling 13×
- cancelling out 11×
- of cancelling 8×
- cancelling all 8×
- cancelling their 7×
- the cancelling 6×
- was cancelling 6×
- cancelling of 5×